Sundaneese Snack

"it's very nice to eat 'sampeu' accompanied with a glass of coffe while you are watching TV. It would be perfect if the rain is falling." My gradma's sister and my mother very often say it when we are gtahering in the afternoon while watching our fav shows. It seems to be showing that they are, sundaneese, prefer to have 'sampeu' rather than any other food to enjoy in their spare time, or they coffe hour in the afternoon. 'Smapeu' is a sundaneese word for steamed cassava. It is what sundaneese call wth "snack." Actualy, beside sampeu, there are many other sundaneese raditional snack made from cassava. The most well known kinds of sundaneese snack in my homwtown are 'katimus', 'comro', and 'misro'. You may find them on sundaneese's dining table or in an traditional event held by sundaneese.

If you come from outside of West Java, or any other countries, and you arae not familiar with those kinds of sundaneese snack, let me axplain a bit what is actually called with 'katimus', 'comro', and 'misro.'
The first is katimus. It is a steamed snack made from grated cassava, and covered by bananas' leaf. Sundaneese always put some palm sugar inside it. It is sticky and sweet inside. It is shaped like a rectangle.


the next is misro. The word 'misro' comes from sundaneese language 'amis dijero.' It means misro taste sweet, because there is palm sugar inside it.  the process of making both ketimus and misro are the same. the differences are just the shape, and the way they are coocked. Misro is a fried snack, and it is circular or eliptical in shape.


the last is 'comro'. Comro comes from sundaneese word 'oncom dijero'. there is 'oncom' inside it. comro is almost circular in shape, but it isnt sweet in taste. it is spicy because sundaneese always put some chily inside it.




those are some of sundaneese snack in my hometown. If you visit Cimahi, you will find many comro and misro sellers along the street to my house. They usually sell them in the afternoon. My family very seldom buy misro and comro. We usually make them at home. This is a good point that many young generation of sundaneese know how to make their traditional food, because their parents show them how to make it. Eventhoug there are a lot of snack which come from other countries are sold in my hometown, I still enjoy having my own traditional snack :)

by: nurul aeni