Manado’s Porridge (Tinutuan)

Manado’s Por­ridge , Man­ado is not only famous of beau­ti­ful girls, but also the spe­cial food that will not be dis­ap­point­ing who eat it. If you don’t believe, just try Manado’s por­ridge. It is Indone­sian spe­cial food that comes from Man­ado, Sulawesi Utara. It is also called Tin­u­tuan. The town is called Tin­u­tuan too on account of the porridge’s popularity.

Tin­u­tuan means “assorted” , Because it is made from many kinds of ingre­di­ents and veg­eta­bles. It becomes healthy food because of con­tain­ing much nutri­ents and fibers that’s good for absorp­tion and health. It can be served as break­fast meal. It will be more deli­cious when it is enjoyed with fried salty jam­bal fish, tofu, fer­mented soy bean cake, and sam­bal terasi.

Tin­u­tuan Bubura Manado

Ingre­di­ents:

• 500 g rice, washed and drained
• Water
• 4 tsp salt
• 2 corns get the corn’s seed
• 100 g young melinjo’s leaves
• 100 g spinach, washed cleanly
• 100 g kangkung (leafy veg­etable), washed cleanly
• 200 g sweet potato, cut
• 300 g pump­kin, cut
• 2 bunches legume, cut into 2 cm sized
• 50 g basil leaves
• Salt

Sam­bal:

• 1 tomato
• 8 red peppers
• 4 onions
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 tsp terasi

Direc­tions:

1. Pour water 3–5 cm on the sur­face of clean rice. Boil until it is rare.
2. Put corn, pump­kin, and sweet potato. Boil it.
3. Then add veg­eta­bles one by one into por­ridge. Cook until it is ripe and thick.
4. Sam­bal: Grind all ingre­di­ents of sam­bal and add some salt and sugar. Cook in some oil.
5. Serve it with roasted fish or fried salty fish.