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Sate Lilit Bali Recipe

February 4th, 2009 | Indonesian Recipes | 20 Comments

Sate Lilit Bali (Balinese Seafood Sate) Sate (Indonesian spelling) or Satay (Malaysian spelling) is one of the most loved foods in Southeast Asia. Today, I have the talented Dhi at Cooking Etcetera as a guest writer on Rasa Malaysia. In collaboration with Pepy of Indonesia-Eats, both of them will be writing about “Highlights of Indonesian Cuisine” and start the series with Indonesian sate. I am personally very excited to learn more about Indonesian cuisine and I hope you will enjoy (and follow) their guest posts here on Rasa Malaysia. Please welcome Cooking Etcetera.

Sate Lilit Bali
Guest Writer: Cooking Etcetera

In light of the growing interest in Asian cuisine, particularly Malaysian, Indonesian and Singaporean cuisine, Indonesia-Eats and I have started a guest post series “Highlights of Indonesian Cuisine” on Rasa Malaysia. We aim to introduce Indonesian food to the food blog community and explain what Indonesian food is really all about. To kick start the series, we are sharing some of the most popular Indonesian Sate recipes with you.

Indonesia is a nation comprised of more than 17,500 islands that span across a wide geographical area. As a result, Indonesian cuisine is diverse as it’s paired with the influences from the many culture in the archipelago…

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