There are actually several kind of asinan but in this cart below is asinan from Bogor (Bogor is a city near Jakarta). Asinan buah (fruit pickles) and asinan sayur (vegetables pickles) are the 2 types of Asinan Bogor.
A close up pic of the cart
Inside the cart
Top: Pineapple, Mango (mangga), Water Apple (jambu air), Ambarella (kedondong) and Jicama (bangkuang)
Bottom: Lettuce, Cucumber, shredded Carrot, yellow Tofu, Pickled Chinese Mustard Greens (gai choy), Coleslaw, Beansprout
The vendor is preparing the ingredients for Asinan in a plastic bag.
A close up of the vegetable pickles
Vegetable pickles.
Fruit pickles
Left: fried peanuts
Middle: the sauce in the bottle (made from water, vinegar, sugar, red chili)
Right: chili sauce
Crackers made from tapioca flour.
I love dipping these crackers into the Asinan sauce.
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How interesting! Chilli, vinegar based marinade must be really cool to make a summer pickles.
ReplyDeleteMy parents love asinan Bogor :). I am not a fan, but I wouldn't refuse to have some from time to time...;).
ReplyDeleteThe Asinan cart looks like our Rojak Buah sort! Nice!
ReplyDeleteIt's like a mix of rojak and pasembur.
ReplyDeleteThat is what I call an ART CART! I am hitchhiking over there ASAP!
ReplyDeleteSelba, this is amazing!!!
ReplyDeletevery refreshing and the sauce looks yummy.
ReplyDeletethis is great for just before a meal even.. coz the pickle's zing is a real appetite stimulator no? LOL
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love these types of pickles and I certainly miss the tahu kuning, krupuk mie & krupuk merah.
ReplyDeleteCan you send me some?
Tuty @Scentofspice
What gorgeous colors. Your world is like an artist's palette, Selba. I love pickles, so I suspect I'd love these as well.
ReplyDeletesuch a myriad of colours & flavours for a simple creation!
ReplyDeleteCan't decide whether I should categorise this as junk or health food! LOL
I love pickles too! My favorite is pickled green mangoes! My mouth is watering just thinking about them!
ReplyDeleteAre these salty and sweet pickles? Those are my favorite kinds!
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting! I've signed up to follow so I'll be back!
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat cart - I would love to try all these types of pickles!
ReplyDeleteMy saliva glands woke up just imagining the sweet sour taste of the sauce.
ReplyDeletei want to have a bag too, the weather here is killing me!
ReplyDeleteLooks so good, my mouth is watering. :)
ReplyDeleteWow, very colorful. We also have similar stuff here in Malaysia. Great food blog you got going here selba.
ReplyDeleteOh, do you eat the pickles just like that?
ReplyDeleteHow cool - my hubby would love them!
ReplyDeleteHow could anyone resist such a rainbow of colors? I'm intrigued by the crackers made from tapioca flour too. Thank you so much for sharing, Selba. Delightful!!!
ReplyDeleteWhoa... This suits ladies more... haha! Did I just see some raw bean sprouts there? They better be fresh as I had some problems with the Thai version. :P
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Pickles on a hot day? Good choice. I'd like mine spicier instead.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your blog - always so interesting! Love the pictures too.
ReplyDeleteI love acar (the nyonya-style pickle). The vegetable pickles look very appetizing! I'm drooling now.....;)
ReplyDeleteThat looks like the Indonesian counterpart to our Malaysian rojak, only even more colourful! :D
ReplyDeleteI miss hot summer days in Jakarta (but not the smog, haha). Actually come to think of it, I miss the cool weekends in Bandung more so. :P
I love Asinan. Specially that yellow krupuk. Your blog is very widely informative and inspiring. Salam kenal dari Jakarta ya. ^__^
ReplyDeletethe pink crackers scare me a lot hahaha.... i suspect rhodamin-b hohoho...
ReplyDeletehave you tried those crackers from asinan gedong dalam in Bogor ? I don't really eat asinan, (dun really like the sour-y liquid-y sauce) but they have mastered the art of making a crispy crunch super yummo crackers !!!!!!!! wuuaaa can't stop eating them.... :)