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In the 2013 film "Java Heat", Indonesian actor Ario Bayu plays Lieutenant Hashim, a police
detective of Detachment 88 ate one of the Nasi Goreng, the traditional Indonesian food while
questioned by Jake Traver (portrayed by Kellan Lutz) about eating his food before his mobile
patrol car was overturned and killing two terrorists and survives Achmed (portrayed by Mike
Muliadro) and surviving him after both were trapped in the overturned mobile patrol car.
During their 2016 concert in Indonesia, the Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer dedicated a
song inspired by the dish entitled "Nasi Goreng".
Ingredients
The main ingredients of nasi goreng include pre-cooked rice, sweet soy sauce, salt, garlic,
shallot, chilli pepper, spring onions, nutmeg, turmeric, vegetable oil, onions, palm sugar, ginger
garlic paste, and slices of cucumber and tomato for garnishing. Some recipes may add black
pepper, terasi (shrimp paste), fish sauce, or powdered broth as a seasoning and taste enhancer.
Eggs might be mixed into fried rice or fried separately, either as telur ceplok/telur mata sapi
(sunny side up eggs), or telur dadar (omelette), and also telur rebus (boiled eggs). Originally
optional, the addition of fried egg is often named as nasi goreng spesial (pakai telur) or special
fried rice topped with fried egg.
Nasi goreng often add condiments as add-on upon the fried rice. Fried shallot and traditional
crackers are often sprinkled upon to give crispy texture, pickles are added to give sour freshness
in otherwise rather oily dish, while chili paste is to add the zesty spiciness according to one's
preference. Some common condiments are:
Bawang goreng: fried shallot, spinkled upon nasi goreng
Kerupuk: various types of crackers, usually emping or prawn crackers
Acar: pickles made from vinegar preserved cucumber, shallots, carrot, and small chilli pepper
Sambal: chilli sauce
Variants
Nasi goreng is known as fried rice variants commonly found in Indonesia, Malaysia and
Singapore. There are similar fried rice dishes from neighboring countries, such as Philippines
style fried rice called sinangag, and Thai fried rice from Thailand.
People who likes fried rice
The food was not limitation social ladder, as usual enjoyed by anyone and anytime without any
restriction of age or social status. can be enjoyed simply on the roadside stalls, carts around, until
the elite restaurant though.Fried rice is in fact able to occupy the second rank as the world's most
delicious food predicate.
The places which recommended for eat fried rice (especially in Jakarta)
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