From bean to kecap

Go to any warung or local restoran in Indonesia and you will see on the table various bottles of Kecap. This particular sauce is one of the most important ingredients used in Indonesian recipes. Kecap (Indonesian sweet soy sauce), also known as kecap manis, is a thick soy sauce sweetened with palm sugar. The sauce is very thick and dark in color. Made of a special type of soybean, the sauce is high in protein and nutrition. It’s used to flavor various hot and cold Indonesian dishes and is used as a condiment and marinade.

This sauce in widely available in most Asian Food stores in the Netherlands.My recommendation is to look for sweet soy sauce that has the following brand: Kecap Cap Bango or Kecap Manis ABC…