''Jajan pasar'' (Javanese: market snacks) refers to traditional Javanese cakes sold in the Javanese markets.

Etymology

''Jajan'' in Javanese can mean 1) to buy food; or 2) snacks/food for sale. While ''pasar'' means "market". ''Jajan pasar'' thus means "snacks/food sold in the market". There are different types of snacks sold in the traditional markets in Java: ''jajan pasar'', ''kue'', ''bolu'', and ''roti''. ''Jajan pasar'' refers to native Javanese snacks; ''kue (''from Chinese ''gao; kwe)'' refers to some western cakes and steamed cakes of

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origin; ''bolu'' (from

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''bolo'') refers to sponge cakes and some other types of cake with a similar texture; while ''roti'' (from

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''rotika'') refers to any baked goods in general. However, in urban areas, the word "kue" is used to refer to all kinds of food products mentioned above. This happened due to a strong influence of Chinese descents' language use in the areas. More than 90% or Chinese descents in Indonesia (who may not speak fluent Chinese, but would incorporate some Chinese words into their speech) lives in the cities, where Indonesian language is spoken as a ''lingua franca.'' The word "kue" was later adopted to the "Great Indonesian Dictionary" (KBBI) to refer to all kinds of snacks, no matter the origins. The use of ''kue'', instead of ''jajan pasar'', has become increasingly widespread as more suburbs and villages becoming urbanized, blurring the lines between what constitutes as ethnic Javanese food and what's considered ''peranakan'' (Chinese-influenced); something that might come across as cultural erasure.

Types of Jajan

Klepon ''Klepon'' (pronounced ''Klē-pon''), or ''kelepon'', is a snack of sweet rice cake balls filled with molten palm sugar and coated in grated coconut. Of Javanese origin, the green-coloured glutinous rice balls are one of the popular traditiona ...

Arem-arem Arem-arem is an Indonesian- Javanese snack made of compressed rice cake in the form of a cylinder wrapped inside a banana leaf, filled with diced vegetables, ''tempeh'' or ''oncom'', sometimes also filled with minced meat or ''abon'' (beef floss ...

Lemper ''Lemper'' is an Indonesian savoury snack made of glutinous rice filled with seasoned shredded chicken, fish ''abon'' (meat floss) or serundeng. The specific ''lemper'' filled with seasoned shredded chicken is called ''lemper ayam'' (lit: chic ...

Serabi Serabi, also called surabi, srabi, also known in Thailand as '' khanom khrok'', is an Indonesian pancake that is made from rice flour with coconut milk or shredded coconut as an emulsifier. Most of traditional serabi tastes sweet, as the pan ...

Nagasari Nagasari is a traditional Javanese steamed cake, made of rice flour, coconut milk and sugar, filled with a slice of banana and wrapped in banana leaves. Etymology ''Naga'' in Javanese language means "a big snake; a dragon". It refers to a myth ...

Mendoan Mendoan is a type of fried food that comes from the residency of Banyumas, Central Java, Indonesia. The word ''mendoan'' comes from the Banyumasan language word ''Mendo'' which means half-cooked or mushy; mendoan means cooking with much hot oil ...

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Gethuk Gethuk is an Indonesian- Javanese dish made from cassava. The cassava is peeled, boiled and mashed. Then it is mixed with grated coconut, sugar and small amounts of salt. Sugar can also be replaced with palm sugar to give it brownish color and ...

Putu mayang Kue putu mayang is an Indonesian Betawi string hopper dish made of starch or rice flour and coconut milk, then shaped like noodles. This noodle-like dish served with ''kinca'' (liquid palm sugar) in Betawi and Javanese cuisine, or with chutney ...

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Etymology

Types of Jajan

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