#867: Indomie Mi Instan Rasa Coto Makassar

This is a real treat – this is one of the varieties not available in the United States and was kindly sent by Edwin N. of Vancouver, BC! Thank you again so much! So what is Coto Makassar anyways? Well, here’s something I found here:

Coto? Nope, I am not misspelled the word to Soto (popular Indonesian dishes). Its a local name for the traditional food from South Sulawesi, a soup that consist of meat, specifically the innards of cow, and mixed with spices like galangal and pepper. Galangal is also known as Blue ginger, Alpinia galanga, or lengkuas in Indonesian name.

Makassar in the name refers to the capital city of South Sulawesi, where this unique dishes is very popular as the local traditional food.

Wikipedia says:

Coto Makassar or Coto Mangkasara (Makassarese), is an Indonesian culinary food originating from Makassar, South Sulawesi. It is a soup with seasoning broth made from starch.^[1] The main content of this soup is beef and it can be mixed with innards such as intestine, liver, lungs, heart, tripe, or cow brain.^[2]

Coto Makassar is usually served with Burasa or Ketupat.

Soup’s on – let’s try it!

Was very hard to read – black deep red – so I used some Photoshop magic to make it easier. Click to enlarge.

The noodle block.

Dry seasoning powder and chili powder.

Dark colored chunky base with the chili powder on top.

Seasoning oil packet.

Curious – smells kind of like peanut butter.

Fried onion!

Nothing better than a little fried onion on top!

Finished. Added some grocery store frozen stir-fry veggies, a hard boiled egg with Krazy Mixed Up Salt and some Dua Belibis. Noodles are good and work well in soup. Nice texture. The broth Has a very deep and dark color. Has a spicy and a funky beef taste – kind of a spicy vegetable beef kind of thing going on. Good stuff. 4.0 out of 5.0 stars. UPC bar code 089686043051 .

Short film showing the preparation of Coto Makassar.

This is one bizarre documentary – “Heavy Metal Parking Lot” – Judas Priest fans in a parking lot at a show in 1986 – quite interesting.

#676: Indomie Mi Instan Rasa Mi Celor Spicy Coconut Shrimp Soup Flavour

This is a real treat – this is one of the varieties not available in the United States and was kindly sent by Edwin N. of Vancouver, BC! Thank you again so much!
He sent six of them and so I will try one of them every once in a while so they last. I am a huge fan of Indomie’s products and so very happy about this! I
should also mention that I have been directly contacted by Indomie and they are going to be sending me many varieties that aren’t usually availkable – that
donation will come at some point in the future. For now though, let’s check out spicy coconut shrimp flavor soup!

Here’s the back of the packaging.

Here’s the noodle block – much diffeent than anything I’ve ever seen from Indomie. The noodles are much wider gauge and also from the side looks to be a
folded sheet of them! Interesting!

Here’s the seasoning packet – I have never seen one from Indomie like this – it’s pretty big!

Here are the dual clear packets – seasoned oil and a very nice and ample packet of fried onions!

Finally, the last packet which contains a lot of chili powder.

I can’t read Indonesian, but from what I gather from the packaging, the seasoning powder and the oil go in the bowl. cook the noodles and then add them and stir.
Then add the chili powder and fried onions.

Finished. I added one egg during the noodle boil. The noodles are definitely wider than what I’m used to from Indomie. They’re a little chewy and very nice.
The broth is a treat – has a slight shrimp and toasted coconut flavor which is very good! The chili powder gives it a nice little bite. This is great! 4.75 out of 5.0 stars!UPC barcode 089686910193 .

How Indomie noodles are made!

Indomie TV commercial