Panada, Manado Traditional Cake

Helloindonesia.id – Indonesia has a variety of very delicious archipelago culinary, including traditional snacks. One of the Portuguese heritage cakes in Manado is the Panada cake. Snacks that are part of traditional snacks typical of Manado, North Sulawesi. It has a brownish color with a spicy and savory taste in pancakes.

Every region must have traditional snacks. In fact, not infrequently found almost similar to each other. One of them is pancakes and pastels. Both dishes do look similar in terms of visuals. However, these two snacks have differences in terms of dough, cake content and the distinctive taste of each region that cannot be changed from the original.

Panada itself has a softer texture like bread in general. Shaped like a half moon with carvings wrapped around the sides. This bread dough will be served with skipjack fish filling in it. Then fried in a frying pan until brown. With a size large enough to enjoy just one snack, you will feel full. It is different from pastel cakes which contain various vegetables which are often eaten with cayenne pepper.

This snack has a typical Manado taste, which is quite strong spicy. Very according to the tastes of the typical Manado people. Although the filling for this cake is quite spicy, the side of the cake dough has a sweet taste like donut bread, resulting in a delicious blend of flavors.

It is said that the history of Panada has existed since the Portuguese occupation stepped on Minahasa land. Panadas themselves at that time were called empanadas. However, with the passage of time this dish is added with typical Indonesian spices. This Manado specialty culinary snack can be served with coffee or tea as a drinking companion when relaxing.