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Nasi Pindang, Unique Culinary Typical of Kudus

Holiday Ayo - Indonesia's diverse wealth. Starting from art, culture, to culinary, tourists will find something new in Indonesia. One of them is culinary, various culinary delights will be found in various corners of cities and regions in Indonesia.

The culinary origin of the city of Kudus, Central Java is named Nasi Pindang Kudus. This culinary is considered similar to rawon, a typical dish from East Java because the sauce is both black in color.
Having the name "Nasi Pindang" does not mean this dish refers to the use of pindang fish. This culinary instead uses buffalo meat as the main ingredient of this typical Kudus dish.

This Nasi Pindang Kudus dish is indeed quite unique because it uses buffalo meat. If you pay attention, in Java the use of buffalo meat is not often found in culinary, some and most foods will use beef or chicken.
The use of buffalo meat in this culinary began at the time of the spread of Islam by Sunan Kudus. At that time, most of the people in Kudus adhered to the religion, Hinduism.


source: travel.kompas.com

Sunan Kudus did not want to hurt the feelings of the Hindus there who believe that cows are sacred animals. Therefore, the meat from this nasi pindang is buffalo meat. Sunan Kudus also prohibits the slaughter of cattle for consumption, instead buffalo meat is served at various dishes in Kudus.

Nasi Pindang is usually served at various celebrations or folk parties in Kudus. When visiting Kudus, tourists will often find nasi pindang sellers in various corners of Kudus City.


source: goodnewsfromindonesia.id

Nasi pindang is sold from roadside to luxury restaurants with varying prices. This nasi pindang is indeed very similar to rawon, because the recipe is not much different, both use kluwek. The difference is that this Nasi Pindang Kudus uses coconut milk and melinjo leaves or so leaves, while rawon does not.

Nasi Pindang also has a savory taste that is similar to rawon. However, this nasi pindang has a softer taste and is slightly sweeter. The taste of the sauce is very rich in coconut milk which is not too thick, making this dish has a light taste or not too heavy. What's more, the tender and savory buffalo meat, combined with the addition of the typical melinjo leaves, makes this dish even more delicious.

However, over time, there are already some sellers of Nasi Pindang who use beef and chicken as the main ingredients. Although the sellers of beef nasi pindang are not as many as buffalo nasi pindang, not a few are waiting in line and eating this beef nasi pindang.

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