How My Favorite Dish, Tumpeng, Helps Me Connect With My Javanese Culture and Community

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How My Favorite Dish, Tumpeng, Helps Me Connect With My Javanese Culture and Community
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'You see, nourishing oneself is a righteous act of self love—and not just in the nutritional sense.'

, pronounced ‘toom-puhng’, is a traditional Javanese dish comprised of cone-shaped rice, either made of turmeric, coconut milk, or plain white rice, with a variety of side dishes surrounding it. The choice of side dishes are optional, but the most commonly-served ones include a shredded omelet or a boiled egg sambal, turmeric-spiced chicken, fried anchovies, and stir-fry or blanched veggies.

Growing up in both Indonesia and Oklahoma, my mother would always make sure that through whatever celebration we were going to have, Indonesian food would be present. This was even more true when we decided to move to Oklahoma indefinitely. My mother would always say, “a meal is not a meal without rice or sambal,” and most times I would assume it was because her palate was simply more used to what she had back in Indonesia.

Much like how birthdays aren’t just birthdays until we blow the candles and cut the cake, the same goes with any event that serves Everyone gathers around the dining table, admiring the vibrant array of food spread across, with the conical centered in the middle. The host or main person of the event stands next to the meal, ready to serve the dish by cutting the rice traditionally from the bottom .during the biggest milestones in life was a huge blessing for me and my community, especially in Oklahoma. Many Indonesians there immigrated during the late '90s, with nearly three decades passed since they left Indonesia.

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