Local Dishes

1. Lawar

   Chopped vegetable, coconut and meat dish

   Usage

   The dictionary describes it as a ceremonial dish that is also sold at warungs and markets with rice. It contains cooked unripe fruit, chicken and spices, and some versions contain raw blood, so ask before ordering if you avoid blood.

   Grammar Note

   The verb form ngelawar is also a dictionary headword. Ask about blood with the question card below.

2. Lawar puniki misi getih?

   Does this lawar contain blood?

   Usage

   Use it before eating, since some versions contain raw blood. The sentence is built from verified words.

   Grammar Note

   Misi means to contain. Getih is the dictionary word for blood.

3. Sate lilit

   Balinese minced-meat satay wrapped on a stick

   Usage

   The dictionary has a headword for sate lilit but no definition; the description here is general knowledge: minced meat or fish moulded around a skewer and grilled.

   Grammar Note

   Sate is glossed as small pieces of meat grilled on skewers; lilit refers to the wrapped shape.

4. Sate asem

   Satay of meat and pork skin

   Usage

   The dictionary describes it as satay of meat and pork skin with three pieces of meat per stick. It contains pork, so avoid it if you do not eat pork.

   Grammar Note

   Asem can also mean sour; here the name follows the dictionary entry.

5. Sate balah

   Satay from a large slice of boiled pork

   Usage

   The dictionary says it is made from a large slice of boiled pork and comes from the Karangasem area.

   Grammar Note

   Balah appears in the dictionary as part of this dish name.

6. Betutu

   Whole chicken or duck stuffed with spices and cooked in ashes

   Usage

   The dictionary says a whole chicken or duck is stuffed with spices and cooked over husk fire. It is known across Bali, with Melinggih village in Gianyar and Gilimanuk named as places for it.

   Grammar Note

   Betutu is also defined as stuffed with spices and cooked in hot ashes.

7. Be guling

   Roasted whole pig

   Usage

   The dictionary glosses it only as roasted pig; the Indonesian name is babi guling. It is pork, so say so if you do not eat pork.

   Grammar Note

   Be refers to meat or fish and guling to the roasting; learn it as a dish name.

8. Serombotan

   Spicy assorted vegetable salad

   Usage

   The dictionary calls it the spicy mixed vegetable salad that is an icon of Klungkung. Greens and beans are dressed with grilled grated coconut and a spicy sauce.

   Grammar Note

   The Balinese Wikipedia also spells it Srombotan; the dictionary headword is Serombotan.

9. Tipat cantok

   Rice cake and boiled vegetables with peanut sauce

   Usage

   The dictionary describes pieces of tipat and boiled vegetables pounded with a peanut sauce flavoured with kencur, chilli and garlic.

   Grammar Note

   Tipat is rice cooked in a leaf wrapper; cantok refers to pounding the sauce together, as the dictionary explains.

10. Nasi jinggo

    Small packet of rice with side dishes

    Usage

    The dictionary has a headword but no definition; the description is general knowledge: a cheap, quick packet of rice with small side dishes.

    Grammar Note

    Nasi means cooked rice. The dictionary gives no meaning for jinggo.

11. Jukut urap

    Vegetables mixed with seasoned grated coconut

    Usage

    The dictionary describes vegetables mixed with grated coconut and the typical Balinese seasoning. It goes with rice.

    Grammar Note

    Jukut is a vegetable dish; urap is part of the dish name.

12. Ares

    Vegetable dish made from young banana stem

    Usage

    The dictionary describes young banana stem sliced and cooked with spices. Its synonyms are jukut (low) and jangan (high).

    Grammar Note

    The same word also names the young banana shoot.

13. Jukut undis

    Balinese soup of black pigeon peas

    Usage

    The dictionary describes a traditional Balinese soup in a savoury, spice-rich broth with a slightly fresh sour taste.

    Grammar Note

    Jukut is a vegetable dish and undis is the black pigeon pea.

14. Kuah kakul

    Balinese soup of rice-field snails

    Usage

    The dictionary describes a traditional soup of rice-field snails cooked in a fragrant suna cekuh spice broth.

    Grammar Note

    Kuah is broth and kakul is the rice-field snail.

15. Tum

    Spiced minced meat or fish steamed in leaf

    Usage

    The dictionary describes chopped or pounded meat or fish with coconut and spices, wrapped in banana leaf and steamed. Fillings vary, and some contain blood.

    Grammar Note

    Tum names the wrapped dish; pesan is a synonym.

16. Bubuh

    Rice porridge

    Usage

    The dictionary describes a thick porridge of rice flour, salt and coconut milk, easy to digest and suitable for children and the sick.

    Grammar Note

    Bubuh is an andap (everyday) word.

17. Tipat

    Rice cooked in a woven leaf wrapper

    Usage

    The dictionary lists many kinds of tipat, including offering types and tipat blayag typical of Buleleng. As food it is served with satay or vegetables.

    Grammar Note

    The alus singgih form of tipat is anaman, according to the dictionary table.

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