Dodol is a familiar food in Indonesia. Various types of dodol have been sold in the market. In addition, dodol also began to be known in foreign countries. Here are some types of dodol in Indonesia:
1. Garut Dodol
Garut Dodol is a typical Sundanese food from the city of Garut, West Java province. There are many types of Garut dodol including sesame dodol, dodol beans, various fruit dodols such as pineapple dodol, tomato dodol, durian dodol and other fruits, chocodot (the first dodol-filled chocolate in the world), picnic dodol which is the most popular dodol and become dodol tomato, dodol durian and other fruits, chocodot (chocolate filled with dodol, the first in the world) one of the icons of the city of Garut and many other types of dodol.
2. Dodol Kandangan
As the name suggests kandangan, this dodol comes from Kandangan, South Kalimantan. Different from others, this dodol uses additives in the form of gelatin and sweetened condensed milk. Kandangan Dodol is also widely sold at souvenir centers in the city of Banjarmasin.
3. Milk Dodol
As for dodol milk, it is made from dodol in general, but liquid milk is added to add flavor. It is used to take advantage of excess milk production.
4. Ginger Dodol
Besides Garut, it turns out that Cimahi City also has dodol food with a distinctive taste image, namely ginger dodol that is not owned by other regions. Usually these foods are only produced on the eve of Eid al-Fitr, weddings, circumcisions or other special occasions.
5. Salak Dodol
Salak dodol is a new creation of salak from salak farmers in Sleman. This food is made when salak stock is abundant during the main harvest until the price of salak drops. Making salak dodol is also not too complicated. Salak fruit meat that has been thinly sliced boiled with brown sugar, granulated sugar, and coconut milk for ten hours. Then the mixture is ground to smooth the salak meat. Now, salak dodol has been widely produced in Sleman.
Those are some types of dodol in Indonesia. Most dodol use plastic and paper wrappers so that dodol and wrapping do not stick together, but this is less environmentally friendly or health. Therefore, use Baking Paper Seven which is environmentally friendly and safe for your food and health.