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Buntil

Traditional dish from Indonesia

Street Food Vegetarian

About Buntil

Javanese dish

Buntil is a traditional Indonesian-Javanese dish of grated coconut meat mixed with teri (anchovies) and spices, wrapped in papaya, cassava, or taro leaves, then boiled in coconut milk and spices. It is a favourite dish in Java, and other than cooked homemade, it is also sold in warungs, restaurants or street side foodstalls, especially traditional temporary market during Ramadhan, prior of breaking the fast.

Key Ingredients

  • Manihot esculenta
  • coconut milk
  • Cocos nucifera
  • dried fish
  • Carica papaya
  • Engraulis
  • Taro

Cuisine Type

  • Indonesian cuisine
  • Javanese cuisine

Components

  • Manihot esculenta
  • coconut milk
  • Cocos nucifera
  • dried fish
  • Carica papaya
  • Engraulis
  • Taro

Dietary Information

✓ Vegetarian friendly
✓ Popular street food
Traditional Indonesia cuisine

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