Traditional Indonesian cuisine and special lecture Week 2

So today we made some delicious food once again and it was another unforgettable experience. We cooked come satay ayam (grilled chicken), pumpkin cake and delicious sauteed vegetables with a hot lemongrass tea. It was long process to cook the chicken, but it was a great experience learning it the traditional way. We actually used a fan, hot coals and two metal bars to cook the skewers with. We also made small pumpkin cakes by steaming them. It was also a long process, but totally worth it in the end.

Today we also had our second special lecture with a professor for University of Gadja Mada and we learned a lot about Indonesia and the many religions that it has. It was an interesting discussion being able to get more in depth about how more than 80 percent of the population in Jawa is Muslim. It is also very interesting that the Indonesian government's stance on religion is that it recognizes six official religions only which are Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism.