Nasi gandul or in Javanese sega gandhul (Hanacaraka: ꦱꦼꦒꦒꦤ꧀ꦝꦸꦭ꧀) is a rice dish served in rich, sweet, savoury and spicy beef soup, specialty of Pati Regency, Central Java, Indonesia.
Nasi gandul or in Javanese sega gandhul (Hanacaraka: ꦱꦼꦒꦒꦤ꧀ꦝꦸꦭ꧀) is a rice dish served in rich, sweet, savoury and spicy beef soup, specialty of Pati Regency, Central Java, Indonesia.
01 · What it is
Food
Shared culinary preparation, seasonal ingredients, and community foodways.
02 · Where & name
Indonesia
Placed on record in Indonesia.
03 · How it is doing
□□□□ (Not yet assessed)
Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
2 cited sources
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Chapter Takeaways
EtymologyThe term gandul in Javanese language means "hanging".
IngredientsNasi gandul uses slices of beef, sometimes offals are also included; cooked in spicy and savoury coconut milk-based soup.
Common Questions Answered on Record
What is Nasi gandul in plain words?
Nasi gandul or in Javanese sega gandhul (Hanacaraka: ꦱꦼꦒꦒꦤ꧀ꦝꦸꦭ꧀) is a rice dish served in rich, sweet, savoury and spicy beef soup, specialty of Pati Regency, Central Java, Indonesia.
Where is Nasi gandul practised or documented?
Sources on this page place Nasi gandul in Indonesia.
What is the current condition of Nasi gandul today?
□□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
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Nasi gandul or in Javanese sega gandhul (Hanacaraka: ꦱꦼꦒꦒꦤ꧀ꦝꦸꦭ꧀) is a rice dish served in rich, sweet, savoury and spicy beef soup, specialty of Pati Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. Nasi gandul consists of steamed rice topped with slices of beef served in spicy soup with savoury flavour in golden-brownish colour. Nasi gandul is somewhat quite similar to other Indonesian dishes; beef semur, tongseng and Javanese gulai. 1
Etymology
The term gandul in Javanese language means "hanging". The name was derived from the way of travelling vendor selling this food in the past; i.e. by using pikulan or balancing rod; in which the rice and other ingredients are placed "hanging" on the rod. Today however, most of nasi gandul sellers are not mobile and not travelling anymore; most open modest warung eatery instead. 1
Ingredients
Nasi gandul uses slices of beef, sometimes offals are also included; cooked in spicy and savoury coconut milk-based soup. The spice mixture used in the soup are garlic, shallot, chili pepper, candlenut, ginger, palm sugar, and cinnamon.
The method of serving nasi gandul is quite unique, since the dish is usually served upon banana leaf sheet on a plate. Sprinkle of crispy bawang goreng (fried shallot), or bawang putih goreng (fried garlic), are added on top prior of serving. Traditionally, it is not consumed using spoon, but using suru, which is spoon made from banana leaf. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Nasi gandul”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Nasi gandul is Indonesian soup, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 2 external registers, which can be verified through the citation. 2
