bakso
Indonesia · Southeast Asia
- Short description
- Bakso is a springy meatball soup served from carts, stalls, and casual restaurants.
- Ingredients
- Beef meatballs in broth with noodles, bean sprouts, fried shallots, herbs, and sambal.
- Cultural note
- Its texture is part of the appeal: the meatballs are often made bouncy with starch and careful mixing.
- Common misconception
- It is not just a plain meatball; the broth, noodles, toppings, and sambal complete the bowl.
image credit
Indonesian bakso, with noodle and bean sprouts, April 2018 (03).jpg
- creator:
- Qaedi Shamsuddin
- source:
- Wikimedia Commons
- license:
- CC BY 2.0
- modified:
- Copied from Wikimedia Commons and re-encoded for Gochizu; no substantive edits.
audio credit
- voice:
- marin (gpt-4o-mini-tts)
- source:
- OpenAI API Text to Speech
- license:
- OpenAI API generated audio
- modified:
- AI-generated voice audio.