Timor Leste's special food is known to be unique with a touch of Southeast Asian, European to Arabic flavors. Apart from rice, the people of Timor Leste also cultivate staple foods from corn, sweet potatoes, cassava and taro. So, you must try some of the following unique culinary delights when you visit Timor Leste. Besides being unique, the taste is guaranteed to be delicious and addictive. Here is a list of typical Timor Leste food
1. Pa'un Bread
This typical Timor Leste food is usually sold on foot or by bicycle. You can even find pa'un bread sellers hanging at several points in the city. There are two types of famous pa'un bread, namely pa'un bread in the form of a bun with a hard (crusty) and uneven surface and pa'un bread in the shape of a pillow with a softer texture. Both have a bland and slightly salty taste.
Pa'un bread can be eaten plain as a coffee companion, without jam and without butter. To add a bit of flavor, you can spread pineapple jam or butter and sugar on the surface of the bread made from wheat. The price for pa'un bread is quite cheap, you can buy it at the market for around Rp. 2500 for three buns.
2. Carna Assada
Apart from pa'un bread, the traditional Timor Leste food that is most sought after by tourists is Carna Assada. This unique food is made from processed buffalo meat that is grilled until cooked. Once cooked, the buffalo meat is served with a splash of sweet, sour and spicy thick gravy and pepper.
This traditional culinary has a unique taste because it is prepared using tamarind water and brown sugar. It is then eaten with a sauce made from salt, chilies and vegetable starfruit. Carna Assada is classified as a healthy food because it has a high fat and nutrient content.
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3. Saboko
Saboko is often served in restaurants across Timor Leste. This culinary dish is made from tuna fish which is smeared with various spices such as onions, chilies and young tamarind leaves. Then the fish that has been smeared with spices is wrapped in palm leaves and then burned. Saboko is served on a plate with a complement of vegetables and rice.
4. Caldeirada
Caldeirada is often served at certain events such as birthday parties, weddings and other parties. This traditional Timor Leste food is a stew made from beef or mutton. This beef stew is seasoned with cayenne pepper, tomato, salt, pepper, vinegar and beer. Sometimes a caldeirada is also served with the addition of potatoes and carrots. Apart from mutton and beef, caldeirada is also made from seafood or white fish. Caldeira is usually eaten with bread instead of rice.
5. Selada
Not only meat-based culinary delights, the people of Timor Leste also have traditional food consisting of vegetables, namely Timor Leste lettuce. This salad is made from torn lettuce leaves, sliced onions (lis arabie), sliced tomatoes, watercress, and sliced shallots. The combination of vegetables is served with a splash of fresh vinaigrette sauce made from pepper, lime and olive oil. Apart from these ingredients, Timor Leste lettuce is also often served with the addition of stir-fried papaya leaves and flowers or young papaya slices.
6. Koto
This traditional Timorese food is similar to Brenebon soup from Manado because it is made from boiled red beans until cooked. Almost all Timorese people can definitely cook koto dishes. Besides having a high nutritional content and delicious taste, koto is also preferred because it is quite easy and inexpensive to make, making it suitable as a dish at the end of the month.
The ingredients needed to cook koto can easily be found in supermarkets and traditional markets. Generally, kopo is cooked with a mixture of carrots, cabbage, potatoes and all kinds of meat. For the people of Timor Leste, koto has become a mandatory menu every day, even in stalls the price is quite cheap, around Rp. 10 thousand for one portion plus a plate of rice. What makes koto even more unique is that it tastes better and thicker the longer it is stored.
7. Grilled Fish and Ketupat
The Timor Leste culinary that is most often sold on the roadside is usually grilled food. You can find a variety of grilled culinary delights such as grilled fish (shrimp, squid and flying fish or chicken along Kelapa Beach, on the Avenida de Portugal side (near Pertamina Wharf, ed). This grilled fish or chicken is sold at an average price range of 25- 50 centavos or around IDR 2,500 to IDR 5,000.
Uniquely, this grilled fish dish is eaten with ketupat for Rp. 25 centavos. The ketupat itself has been seasoned with a little turmeric so it tastes more savory. Sometimes this ketupat is also eaten with bottled chili sauce. This grilled fish culinary is easy to find in many places and is sold side by side with sellers of roasted corn (bataar tunu) and corn on the cob.
8. Batar Nurak
Batar Nurak is a typical Timor Leste corn porridge served with additional cassava leaves and kale. This corn porridge is enjoyed with fried maran fish (dried salted fish) and tomato sauce. Batar Burak has a similar appearance to tinotuan porridge, it's just that it doesn't use rice.
9. Batar Daan
Apart from batar nurak, another traditional Timorese food is batar daan. If batar nurak uses a mixture in the form of cassava leaves, batar daan is corn porridge using a mixture of beef, peanuts, starfruit and vegetables. Apart from being used as porridge, the people of Timor Leste also often process corn into batar tunu or roasted corn.
10. Tukir
Tukir is a typical Viqueque dish made from goat meat. This goat meat is cooked in bamboo which is burned over hot coals. Apart from goat meat, suckling pig or fahi tunu is also often served at large parties along with midar sin or a kind of soy sauce pork.
Timor Leste's traditional food is usually served with typical Timor Leste drinks such as cerveja or beer. Other alcoholic drinks, such as palm wine from Baucau and the low alcohol Sopi, which resembles the Legen drink in Tuban. Apart from alcoholic beverages, Timor Leste is also known for having Timor Coffee. Timor coffee is one of the best coffees in the world including Letefoho coffee which comes from the Ermera district. This coffee has a very strong and dense aroma and a high level of caffeine but low acidity.
Enjoying coffee in Timor Leste will be more complete when accompanied by typical Portuguese snacks such as Bolinhos de Natas and Bibingka. Bolinhos de Natas snack is made from legit egg tar and is able to neutralize the bitter taste of coffee. Most culinary delights in Timor Leste are made from non-halal meats such as pork. Even so, you can still enjoy halal, traditional Timor Leste food, especially those made from seafood and are sold on the side of the road.
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