Nasi Kuning

Nasi Kuning (literally means "yellow rice") is a traditional food of Indonesia. This food made of rice cooked with turmeric, coconut milk, and spices. With the coconut milk and the spices added, this rice taste better than the ordinary rice. This rice usually use as tumpeng and served with many kind of Indonesian dishes.

In Indonesian tradition, the color of nasi kuning (yellow) describe wealth, prosperity and glorious moralty. Therefore, nasi kuning usually serve on happy ceremony such as birth, wedding, and engagement. In Balinese tradition, yellow is one of four divine color.

Nasi kuning is found in few regions in Indonesia, such as Java, Bali, and Sulawesi
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