Healthy Food | How to Eat Healthy in Indonesia | Healthy Dinner Recipes

Healthy Food | How to Eat Healthy in Indonesia | Healthy Dinner Recipes

Eating healthy in Indonesia doesn’t have to be an oxymoron. Most food is deep fried, then dipped in loads of soy sauce or a black sweet syrup, similar to molasses called kecap manis. In the year that I’ve spent here, I’ve employed different food tactics that garnered many puzzled looks from street food vendors and waitresses. Indonesians, don’t like varying from how food is traditionally served. When I ask for no rice, they look at me like I’m crazy. It is infuriating to me that the Indonesian diet is full of oils, lard and salt, but they are no bigger than my little finger. I know skinny doesn’t mean healthy, but geez.