One thing that I will never forget about my hometown is the traditional special meat soup called Coto Makassar. Coto Makassar is a traditional food from Makassar (South Sulawesi). This special food is full of ingredients. From it’s history the ingredients are 40 kinds of seasoning. In 1538, it was cooking in pot soil and only served at formal events in palace. But now, everybody can enjoy this traditional food in every where in Makassar. This food is very popular in Makassar, so you will find very easy in the street. Not only in Makassar, in major city around Indonesia (Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Bali, even Yogyakarta) also already has this menu in some restaurant out of Makassar.

For you who love cooking, you can try to make this traditional food in your kitchen. Today, I will give you the secret of ingredients recipe from palace of Coto Makassar. You can find the ingredients very easy in market in Indonesia. Try the recipe in your kitchen and enjoy it. Remember, the best Coto Makassar is only in Makassar.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg lean meat
• 2 liter starch water (water from after wash rice)
• 5 stick serai (lemongrass), bruise it
• 5 “salam” leaves (can be without this if you can not find it in the market)
• 250 gram peanut, fried it and grind it
• 3 spoon of oil
• 5 centimeter of ginger, bruise it
• 3 centimeter of galangal, bruise it
• 10 cloves garlic
• 8 grains roasted hazelnut
• 1 spoon of roasted coriander seeds
• 1 tea spoon of roasted caraway seeds
• 1 spoon salt
• 1 tea spoon white pepper
• Leeks, slice it
• Celery, slice it

Directions:

1. Boiled the meat with starch water, serai (lemongrass), galangal, ginger, and “salam” leaves. After the meat cooked separate it with the water and cut the meat like as cube.
2. Puree garlic, hazelnut, coriander seeds, caraway seeds, salt, and white pepper. After everything mix, roasted it until you can feel the smell of it. Put it into the water from meat.
3. Put the grind peanuts into the water from meat and boiled everything until the water boiling.
4. Put some of meats into the bowl, water with seasoning, little bit of leeks and celery.
5. You can eat it with rice to make your stomach more full, hehehehehe :p
6. Enjoy the Palace food from South Sulawesi, Coto Makassar