You can enjoy a variety of delicious and unique Tana Toraja specialties when traveling to South Sulawesi. Toraja is the name of a district in South Sulawesi Province with an area of about 3.203 km² and inhabited by 268.588 people (2017 census). This is one of the districts in Indonesia that still maintains its traditional culture closely. The community maintains a past lifestyle that is still maintained today. Traditions, language and literature, houses, carvings, art, music and dance, to culinary arts are still very natural until now.
Are you curious about this one district, especially with the typical culinary of Toraja which is said to be legendary? Let’s look at the following culinary info, who knows in the future you will have the opportunity to stop by Toraja.
List of Must-Try Typical Culinary
Although not as famous as Padang cuisine, Toraja’s culinary is no less tantalizing and addictive. How not, every culinary specialty of Toraja is able to colonize the taste buds through the first bite.
Even when I heard the description alone, saliva seemed to flow wanting to taste it. Before getting more curious, here are the typical dishes from Toraja that you must try:
Pantollo Pamarrasan
The first Tana Toraja culinary specialty is Pantollo Pamarrasan which is famous for its black spices. This black spice is made from kluwak, the fruit of a tree that grows wild. Kluwek fruit is black with a distinctive bitter taste.
This taste is what makes Pantollo Pamarrasan different from other Indonesian specialties.
The main ingredient of Pantollo Pamarrasan is meat. Some use pork, buffalo, fish, or eel depending on the tastes of each family.
This food is generally processed spicy with a mixture of whole chilies to add to the taste sensation. You must try this food if you visit Tana Toraja, yes!
Pantollo Duku (pork)
This typical Toraja cuisine uses the exact same spices as Pantollo Pamarassan.
The basic ingredient used is pork which is added with lombok katokkon to increase the spicy sensation.
Pantollo Lendong
With the same basic seasoning, namely kluwak, Pantollo Lendong uses eel as the basic ingredient. This food is generally served when there is a traditional event or ceremony.
