Common Indonesian Herbs and Spices for Daily Cooking

Common Indonesian Herbs and Spices for Daily Cooking

Indonesian cuisine is popular with its variety spices and herb use in cooking process. It makes Indonesian cuisine has a very rich on taste. Here there are. I tried to collect them in the list.

If I find another spices or herb which is not included in this list, I’ll add them later.

English	Bahasa Indonesia
Onion	Bawang
Garlic	Bawang putih
Shallot	Bawang merah
(red/green) Chilli	Cabe (merah/hijau), cabe keriting
Hot Chilli	Cabe pedas(rawit)
White pepper	Lada putih
Black pepper	Lada hitam
Green onion	Daun bawang
Turmeric root	Kunyit
Galangal root	Lengkuas
Greater galingale (Kaempferia galanga)	Kencur
Ginger	Jahe
Candle nut	Kemiri
Leek	Daun bawang
Spring onion/green onion	Daun bawang
Turmeric leaf	Daun kunyit
Salam leaf	Daun salam
Cardamom	Kapulaga
Caraway (Carum carvi)	Jinten
Star Anise	Bunga Lawang, Peka
Nutmeg	Pala
Clove	Cengkeh
Fruit of Kepayang Tree	Keluwek/keluwak
Flowering garlic chives	Bunga bawang
Lemongrass	Serai
Lime leaf	Daun jeruk purut
(A kind of) Indonesian very sour lime	Jeruk nipis
Lime	Jeruk limo
Coriander seed/ground	Biji/bubuk ketumbar
Coriander leaf	Daun ketumbar
Curry leaf/ground	Daun kari/ bubuk kari
Lemon Basil leaf	Daun kemangi
Celery leaf	Daun seledri
Cumin (Cuminum cyminum ) seed/ground	Biji/bubuk jintan
Garlic chives	Kucai
Sesame seed	Biji Wijen
Tamarind	Asam Jawa