Whole plant foods, no added oil, no added sugar, no refined flour, little added salt. Indonesian recipes only. 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z https://eathealthyandcheap.com/cuisine/indonesian/ Eat Healthy and Cheap https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/acar-kuning-indonesian-turmeric-pickle/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

An Indonesian turmeric pickle of cucumber and carrot with shallot, ginger, and chile in warm vinegar, a golden, tangy side that keeps for days.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/asinan-sayur/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

An Indonesian tangy salad of cabbage, cucumber, and bean sprouts in a tamarind and chile dressing, topped with crushed peanuts.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/bubur-kacang-hijau/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Whole mung beans simmered soft with ginger and pandan, sweetened with dates and loosened with soy milk in place of the usual coconut and palm sugar.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/bubur-pulut-hitam-indonesian-black-rice-pudding/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Whole black rice simmered with pandan until the grains burst into a deep-purple porridge, sweetened with dates and finished with a swirl of soy milk.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/bumbu-pecel/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

The Javanese peanut sauce sold as a block in every market, pounded from peanuts, tamarind, dates, chile, and lime leaf for greens and salads.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/dabu-dabu/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

A raw Manadonese sambal of chopped tomato, shallot, and bird chile finished with lime, spooned over anything that needs heat and acid.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/gado-gado/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

The Indonesian salad of steamed and raw vegetables, potato, and tofu under a thick peanut sauce sharpened with tamarind and lime.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/karedok/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

The raw West Javanese cousin of gado-gado, a heap of crisp uncooked vegetables under a pounded peanut, lime, and tamarind dressing.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/orak-arik-sayur-javanese-cabbage-carrot-scramble/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

A Javanese quick scramble of cabbage and carrot bound with crumbled turmeric tofu instead of egg, sweet and savory, ready in one pan.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/perkedel-jagung-indonesian-corn-fritters/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Indonesian sweet corn fritters, half the kernels blended for a creamy batter and half left whole, bound with flax and oats and baked, not fried.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/perkedel-kentang/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

The Indonesian potato cake, mashed with scallion, garlic, and nutmeg, then baked instead of fried so it holds together without oil or egg.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/rujak/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Crunchy tart fruit and vegetables tossed in a pounded tamarind, chili, and peanut sauce, the Indonesian street snack that is sour, hot, and barely sweet all at once.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/sambal-ijo-padang-green-chile-sambal/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

A Padang green sambal of steamed chiles, tomatillo, shallot, and garlic, coarsely mashed with lime, fiery and bright with no added sugar.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/sambal-kecap-indonesian-chile-sweet-soy/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

The Indonesian table sambal of sweet soy, raw bird chile, and shallot, made without palm sugar by melting dates into tamari, sharpened with lime.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/sambal-matah/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

The raw Balinese condiment sambal matah: shallots, lemongrass, and makrut lime leaf sliced fine and bruised with bird chile and lime, no oil, no shrimp paste.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/sambal-tomat-javanese-cooked-tomato-chile-sambal/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

A Javanese cooked sambal of tomato, shallot, and bird chile, simmered down thick and sharpened with lime, no shrimp paste and no oil.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/sayur-asem-indonesian-sour-vegetable-soup/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

A clear, tart Indonesian vegetable soup built on tamarind, with long beans, corn, and whole peanuts simmered until soft in a galangal broth.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/sayur-bening-bayam/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

The clear Javanese soup of spinach and sweet corn in a light shallot broth, so clean and faintly sweet it needs no salt to taste finished.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/sayur-lodeh-coconut-free/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

An Indonesian mixed-vegetable stew of eggplant, long beans, and tofu in a bright, oil-free broth thickened with blended cashews instead of coconut milk.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/sayur-sop-indonesian-clear-vegetable-soup/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

An Indonesian clear soup of potato, carrot, cabbage, and beans in a peppery, nutmeg-scented broth, the light everyday sayur with no coconut.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/setup-pisang-sundanese-spiced-banana-compote/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

A Sundanese banana compote poached in water spiced with cinnamon, clove, ginger, and pandan, sweetened only with dates, served warm.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/sup-brenebon-manado-red-bean-soup/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

A Manado red kidney bean soup, brothy and warm with nutmeg and clove, sweet with carrot and corn, and finished bright with a squeeze of lime.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/tahu-bacem-javanese-sweet-braised-tofu/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Javanese tofu simmered in tamarind, coriander, and dates until it drinks up a sweet-savory glaze, then dry-seared, no oil and no palm sugar.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/tempeh-sambal/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Tempeh seared dry then braised in a dark tomato-chile sambal, sharpened with tamarind and lightly sweetened with dates. No oil, no added sugar.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/terong-balado-indonesian-eggplant-in-chile-sambal/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Charred eggplant folded into balado, the Minangkabau red-chile sambal of shallot, garlic, and tomato cooked down until jammy, brightened with lime.