Nadiah Alwi

Breakfast in my country is somehow important. Not simply because we care about how breakfast can make you energized during the day, but also because we have various food to enjoy on the list.

So, what’s on the menu today?

Mine is ketan urap. What is ketan urap? It’s sticky rice with grated coconut topping as shown on the picture below:

Normally, people eat that with nut sauce like 0n this picture below — the way my husband likes it:

But, my grandpa made my enjoying sticky rice more colorful. He ate that with rendang (delicous meat with coconut milk cooked for a long long time ’til it’s dark brown — but not burnt out), empal or dendeng (yummy meat cooked twice, first with coconut milk — how we Indonesian love coconut milk, then fried ’til it’s dark brown — but, again, not burnt out), or fried salted fish.

Yesterday I ate it with rendang. Let’s see how I mix the sticky rice today. Only with nut sauce?

With fried meat?

With fried salted fish?

Or, with both fried meat and fried salted fish?

You’re right! Both. But not at the same time. Once the sticky rice got into my mouth with the fried meat, and the next with the fried salted fish. Both are yummy!

What did you have on the menu for breakfast today?