Typical Culinary at Raja Ampat

Staple food in Papua include rice, sago and cassava, which are usually prepared separately from seafood, chicken, pork and vegetables hijau.Kelapa also usually used for cooking, for example, leaves tubers are boiled together with milk. Whole roasted pig for custom events. Traditional cuisine among others such as Raja Ampat, Mumu, Barapen Chicken and Papeda.

Culinary in Raja Ampat - Mumu is a traditional dish whose name is taken from the name of a place to cook local residents; combined with pork, sweet potato, rice and vegetables. Mumu cooked on a very hot stone. Barapen Chicken ala Walesi is one of the Papuan indigenous foods are very famous, Walesi itself is the name of one of the tribes of Wamena. They replace the pork with chicken meat, because the majority of the population is Muslim Wamena.

 

How to cook is to use red stone that burned up, put it in drums that have been planted in the ground. After that, just put sweet potatoes, and vegetables. Then, chicken meat that has been given the seasoning, pour chicken, sweet potatoes and vegetables with minyak.Kemudian drum lid with thick heat-resistant plastic.

Other traditional dishes are Papeda, which is made from corn starch. The food is very popular with the public beach or low-lying areas. To make it relatively easy, simply by pouring hot water into the sago flour, stirring repeatedly until thick and looks like glue. Enjoying papeda with yellow spice or fish dishes or other acid (optional) plus the sauce will taste very delicious.

There are also traditional drinks like Saguer, a sort of 'MILO' (local drink) alcohol which is processed from pure coconut. Alcoholic beverages can be relatively easy to make. But if you visit there, make sure you enjoy the kind of fresh seafood is abundant.