When I was at the Ubud Food Festival, I found a brand called Toya Salt. They sell various spices as well a salt mix of Indonesian flavors, but at that time I was too tired to explore more, so I decided to flag it in my maps and get their name card. Another time, I went to their store in the center of Ubud with my girlfriend after we joined a ceramic event which ofc I bought a pair of a plate and a mug with a reasonable price. Turns out the store was pretty spacious and I can taste test all of their spices mix as well as salt mix. One of the spice mixes that caught my attention was the babi guling spice mix. It’s basically base genep (one of the complete spices mix for Balinese people) but in a dry version of it, and I bought one.
Thinking about starter of the season 1, I think it’s pretty good to start with fried stuff but a light one, and the first thing that popped into my mind was fried chicken with the light version of it being chicken popcorn or chicken karaage. Yes, karaage. With toya salt babi guling spices in my hand, of course, all I ever could think of was to incorporate as much of the spice into the dish. To make it more Balinese, I have to add sambal or dip. I remember a few years back, Willgoz (winner of Masterchef Indonesia back then, I think season 3) ever collaborated with a burger brand to make a burger with matah mayo. Yes, matah mayo is a really good pair and I can put the sambal matah itself in the dish to make it more matah. Here’s the polished version of it. I am so sorry for not displaying the matah mayo as the photoshoot was taken after all the event has done and I don’t have much time left to prepare the matah mayo as I have to catch my flight. Without further ado, please find the recipe below!
