In Indonesia, exchanging recipes has become a favourite way of interacting. These are four of my favourites - Kim Lightbody The cooks of today have it much easier than my generation did.

Gado gado is a hearty cooked vegetable salad from Indonesia. The delicious peanut sauce has a small amount of pungent belacan (fermented and dried shrimp paste) that adds a complex flavour ...

One technique I have especially explored, as I wanted to talk about easy ways to cook any recipe in a typically Indonesian style, is balado or berlada. Balado, meaning “with chillies”, and ...