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coto makassar

Traditional dish from Indonesia

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About coto makassar

Indonesian traditional soup

Coto Makassar or Coto Mangkasara (Makassarese), is an Indonesian traditional soup originating from Makassar, South Sulawesi. It is a variant of soto, traditionally made with beef, offal stew with seasoned broth made from ground peanuts and spices. The main ingredient of this soup is beef, and it can be mixed with innards, such as intestine, liver, lungs, heart, tripe, or cow brain.

Key Ingredients

  • beef
  • garlic
  • chili pepper
  • Piper nigrum
  • scallion
  • Cymbopogon citratus
  • Alpinia galanga
  • peanut
  • palm sugar
  • coriander seed
  • Aleurites moluccanus
  • Tauco
  • Carum carvi
  • cooking oil
  • ginger
  • broth
  • Citrus × aurantiifolia
  • Indonesian bay leaf
  • Apium graveolens
  • offal
  • fried onion
  • rice water

Cuisine Type

  • Indonesian cuisine

Dietary Information

✓ Popular street food
✓ Must-try when visiting Indonesia
Traditional Indonesia cuisine

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