Globe Trotters: Where Would They Go Next?

So... today... which country are we going to explore? Ummmmmmmm... Let's spin the globe to find out!!!

Let's just I stay I had to turn the globe several times, until I actually landed on a country, and not in the middle of the ocean. So, I finally ended up landing on Indonesia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So let's go explore this island!!!!

Indonesia is located in the continent of Oceania, and Asia. It is geographically an archipelago, that is composed of thousands and thousands of little islands as shown below.
Facts (capital, big cities, currency, etc.) :
Population: 255,708,000

The Indonesian flag is pretty simple. There are only two colors: red and white. The red band is on top of the white band, and the white band is below the red one. It looks like this:

 The Indonesians were able to adopt their flag after they earned their independence from the Netherlands, on August 17, 1945. The red symbolizes the human blood, and the white symbolizes the human spirit. The flag is very similar to Poland's and Monaco's flag, which are bi colored as well.

Capital: Jakarta

The population is estimated to be about 17,256,000.

Currency: Indonesian Rupiah (1 euro=13953.12 indonesian rupiah)

Official language: Indonesian President: Joko Widodo Big Cities: 1. Jakarta= ( 17,256,000 people in 2015 ) 2. Surabaya= ( 2,843,144 people in 2010 ) 3. Bandung= ( 2,575,478 people in 2010 ) Food: Indonesia is known to have some of the most tastiest, vibrant, and colorful dishes in the world. This is the case, since Indonesia is composed of 6,000 separate islands, with more than 300 ethnic groups. Indonesian meals usually consist of steamed rice (nasi) vegetables, soups, meat and fish. Here are some few traditional dishes, that could be present on a normal Indonesian restaurant menu. I even added in some recipes which you could refer to, when wanting to cook the traditional Indonesian food. 1. Sambal- It is a chili based sauce, with some sort of shrimp taste, tangy lime juice, sugar, salt, mortar and pestle; that is essential to an Indonesian meal. If it isn't served during meal time, then the meal itself may not continue or progress. Sambal Tumis Recipe (Fried Sambal) (copied from: http://www.noobcook.com/sambal-tumis/2/) The quantities stated in the recipe are for using sambal tumis as a base sauce for cooking. If you are using the fried sambal as a condiment, do season to taste according to your preference. For me, that will a bit more salt or home-made ikan bilis powder, and double the amount of assam pulp. Serves: 600 grams sambal tumis Prep Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 45 mins INGREDIENTS 1/4 cup or a small appropriate amount of olive or vegetable oil for binding (A) to a smooth paste during processing or pounding 3/4 cup olive or vegetable oil for frying the sambal paste "assam" (tamarind) solution dissolve 25 grams assam pulp in 1/2 cup water; liquid strained 1 tsp salt to taste 50 grams gula melaka (palm sugar; may use brown sugar) to taste (A) Sambal Paste 75 g dried red chilli cut to smaller sections, deseeded (to taste) and soaked in bowl of hot water for 20 minutes to soften; drained 75 g or four finger-length red chilli deseeded 250 grams peeled shallots 1 red onion peeled 8 cloves garlic peeled 20g belacan (shrimp paste) toasted in dry pan or toaster oven until crumbly and powdery DIRECTIONS Process or pound (A) until it becomes a smooth paste, adding some oil along the way to bind the ingredients together. Heat oil and add sambal paste into wok. Stir fry until the sambal starts to turn a deeper red, about 10 minutes. Add tamarind juice, salt and gula melaka. Cook for another 20 minutes, stirring constantly. By this time, the oil should be separated from the chilli. Store in air-tight containers in the fridge for about 2 weeks, or in the freezer for 3 months. Ingredients Used: belacan • chilli • dried chilli • garlic • gula melaka • onion • shallot • tamarind 2. This second traditional dish is called Satay. It could be any meat really, but no matter what, they get marinated in turmenic (a plant from the ginger family) and then they get barbecued and soaked in peanut sauce.   3. Bakso- It is a tasty meatball noodle soup, that is composed of any kind of meat, noodles, boiled eggs, wantan and fried shallots. Here is a link to the recipe: http://arieskitchen.net/bakso-recipe-indonesian-meatballs-recipe/ I hope you enjoy it! Sources: 1. http://travel.cnn.com/explorations/eat/40-foods-indonesians-cant-live-without-327106 2. http://www.noobcook.com/sambal-tumis/2/ 3. www.chefseattle.com 4. en.wikipedia.org 5. en.wikipedia.org 6. en.wikipedia.org 7.http://arieskitchen.net/bakso-recipe-indonesian-meatballs-recipe/