How to pronounce Bakpia

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /baʔˈpia/. In plain English letters that is bahk-PEE-ah, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Bakpia?

Bakpia is a snack of Indonesia. Where it comes from: Yogyakarta. People usually eat it as a snack and at teatime. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour and beans & tofu. It tastes sweet.

Where Bakpia comes from

Bakpia is one of 46 signature dishes of Indonesia on this map.

• Gudeg · Main dish · Yogyakarta

  Gudeg is the traditional Javanese dish of Yogyakarta, also eaten in Central Java: young, unripe jackfruit stewed for hours with palm sugar and coconut milk.

• Rendang · Main dish · West Sumatra

  Rendang belongs to the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra.

• Nasi goreng · Rice dish · Java

  Nasi goreng is fried rice, and fried rice came to the region with Chinese settlers.

• Gado-gado · Main dish · Jakarta

  Gado-gado is a Jakarta salad of boiled and raw vegetables, potato, hard-boiled egg, fried tofu and tempeh, and slices of rice cake, all dressed with a thick sauce of ground peanuts, palm sugar, chilli and lime.

• Mie Aceh mi Aceh · Noodles & pasta · Aceh

  Mie Aceh, Aceh noodles, is the curried, spicy noodle dish of Aceh at the northern tip of Sumatra.

• Kuah pliek u · Soup & stew · Aceh

  Kuah pliek u is a curry-like stew from Aceh, built on a seasoning found nowhere else in Indonesian cooking.

Food of Indonesia

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