Nutritious food is very important to consume while traveling. Because the nutrients contained in food can be processed into energy. With the available energy, you can be more excited to visit existing tourist objects and explore them one by one. Well, one of the typical Balinese foods that are highly nutritious is White Lawar. When you’re in Bali, be sure to try this special culinary!

White Lawar

White Lawar is a typical Balinese food that is usually served as a daily meal, and also special meal for religious ceremonies. Unlike the Red Lawar which uses the blood of chickens, pigs, or ducks as a seasoning mixture, White Lawar only uses grated coconut as its basic ingredient. That's why this lawar is called White Lawar, because the predominant white color comes from the color of grated coconut.

In addition to grated coconut, other basic ingredients of this lawar are shredded meat such as chicken, pork, or duck and boiled vegetables. To make the taste and appearance different from other lawar dishes, White Lawar only uses long beans as a complementary vegetable. Even so, this food is still rich in nutrients because chicken contains protein while grated coconut contains calories. So, your nutritional needs will be complete by eating this food.

In order to make the White Lawar taste more delicious, they also use base genep as the additional seasoning. It consists of shallots, garlic, cayenne pepper, slices, pepper, candlenut, and others. Stew meat, vegetables, and grated coconut are mixed with base genep that has been sauteed before. Coupled with herbs commonly known as salt, brown sugar, and lime leaves. The mixing process is stirred by hand. So that the seasonings, vegetables, and meat are mixed evenly. With this unique process, this food definitely has a high quality and the taste is very delicious.

Besides in traditional markets, you can also find White Lawar in modern restaurants in Bali. In a restaurant, white lawar is usually used as a companion dish for the main menu of Betutu Chicken. The combination of both is quite interesting and certainly can make you addicted. Muslim tourists can also try this food because it is halal.

Besides eating with Betutu Chicken you can eat white lawar with warm rice and chili sauce. It’s perfect for lunch. When you’re hungry, it sure is the best food to enjoy. Your vacation in Bali will be very memorable.