Nasi Goreng

Considered Indonesia's national dish, Nasi Goreng is a take on Asian fried rice and is often made with sweet, thick soy sauce called kecap (pronounced ketchup) and garnished with acar, pickled cucumber, carrots and accompanied by other ingredients, particularly egg, chicken and prawns.

In the Philippines, it is known as Sinangag or garlic fried rice. Nowadays, microwave-heated frozen nasi goreng is available in convenience stores, such as 7-Eleven and Lawson in Indonesia.

The main ingredients of nasi goreng include pre-cooked rice, sweet soy sauce, salt, garlic, shallot, chili pepper, spring onions, nutmeg, turmeric, vegetable oil, onions, palm sugar, ginger garlic paste, and slices of cucumber and tomato for garnishing. Some recipes may add black pepper, terasi (shrimp paste), fish sauce, or powdered broth as a seasoning and taste enhancer. Eggs might be mixed into fried rice or fried separately, either as telur ceplok/telur mata sapi (sunny side up eggs), or telur dadar (omelette), and also telur rebus (boiled eggs). Originally optional, the addition of fried egg is often named as nasi goreng spesial (pakai telur) or special fried rice topped with fried egg.