Terima Kasi, Indonesia! (Food 4 of 6)

@Stunner: Thanks Stunner! Read other answers to make it yourself.

@Alireza: Thanks, Alireza. I pictured also the result but the lack of light spoiled the pictures. Now maybe you want to see a result, if you are not too clumsy in the kitchen you can try yourself. Baking tip: before baking the boiled rice, let it dry a bit and cool off. Then first fry some fine-cut onion in vegetable oil in a large kettle, and after frying take it out, after that throw in the rice and keep steadily stirring through the rice while adding the ingredients. Enjoy the meal!

@ajoeh: Thanks Ajoeh, Hi Lombok! My father (1921-2004) had to learn the "small Sunda islands" by heart: Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, Timor (half-Portuguese), he told us because we didn't like learning names of islands, cities, rivers etc. by heart. Hope to see you more often. I went to your blog, when do you treat us again with some beauties of pictures ?

@Ina: Thanks Ina, I hope you 'll try it also!

@Wolfgang Prigge: That's a very long time, it confirms how "lekker" it is, I hope the sambal (lombok paste) taste will be extinguished by now :)

@e.: Thanks, e. I hope it gave you an idea.

@Alireza: I'm very honored! I'm looking forward, my brother Peter who lives 40 kilometers from me has also an aminus3 blog and he was almost angry with me that I didn't invite him, so I hasted to do so for next time. I would also be obliged if you could send me an Iranese recipe? You can choose: either by this blog via a comment, or via e-mail (via the contact-button). Thank you very much in advance and good luck with your cooking. BTW my brother is also a good cooker, he worked as a chef in an Amsterdam exclusive restaurant and he holds scandalous dinner parties at his home sometimes.

@Rebecca: Thanks Rebecca for your enthousiastic comment! I studied bahasa 18 years ago during 1 year because I wanted to go there, but then I fell in love, got another job and cancelled my trip, and now and feel like travelling anymore, but everything Indonesian lies close to my heart too because of I fond it such a romantic country, the novels I mentioned describe the culture and atmosphere so well, the Dutch were like elephants in porcelain closet (Dutch saying) and felt themselves superior in culture, while it was the other way around. I met numerous people with Indonesian background and they were always so hospitable and friendly. I forgot most of bahasa because I don't deal with it, nobody except for a few Indonesian students, speak it in my environment.

@Rabbit: Thanks Rabbit. No we have no Thanksgiving but we know that the Americans and Canadians have, and personally I find it a wonderful thing to celebrate on Aminus3. The Christian churches have their "Thanksgiving Day for the Harvest" but that is a religious celebration performed in the church, without anything outside it, and it's celebrated far earlier (somewhere in October). It's not intended to thank each other, but God who gave us the yields of the harvest. We also don't have Valentine's Day traditionally, but this is coming up gradually under the influence of commerce.

@MaryB: You'll not regret it, MaryB, Americans are used to so many kitchens, Italian, Irish, Japanese etc. so why not Indonesian?