Care for a taste of original Indonesian dish? If you are, then maybe you should try this dish : Soto Ayam or Chicken Soto in English.

Soto is a traditional soup like dish that is usually composed of broth and various mixtures of meat and vegetables eaten with rice. There are actually many kinds of soto available in Indonesia depending on the ingredients or area of producing. One of the example is Chicken Soto, which consists of chicken as the main ingredients. Other soto known throughout the country are Betawi Soto (soto originating from Betawi tribe), Makassar Soto (soto originating from Makassar), Lamongan Soto, Sulung Soto (soto originating from Madura), Medan Soto and many others.  The various kinds of soto differ from the ingredients used when makin it, and the side dish of each kind. For example Medan Soto (soto originating from Medan) is mixed with coconut milk so the color of the soup is a not too yellow and kind of condensed. On the other hand, Lamongan Soto has a more transparent yellow color for the soup from the broth and is rather delute because there is no mixture of coconut milk. Some soto has additional accompaniments such as potato cakes (perkedel),stewed eggs, tofu, shellfish sate, peanuts, emping, kerupuk (cracker-like food usually made from shrimp), and others. For those of you fans of spices, there is an additional sambal to liven up the taste. This cuisine is available in almost every cities in Indonesia so it shouldn’t be too hard to look for it.

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