{{Short description|Indonesian spice mixture}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Woku | image = Kakap Woku.JPG | image_size = 272px | caption = Red snapper woku | alternate_name = | country = Indonesia | region = North Sulawesi | creator = | course = Main course | served = Hot | main_ingredient = Chicken or seafood in hot and spicy spice mixture | variations = | calories = | other = }}
'''Woku''' is an Indonesian type of ''bumbu'' (spice mixture) found in Manado cuisine of North Sulawesi, Indonesia, usually used to prepare animal protein sources such as fish and chicken.<ref name="Kompas.com1">{{Cite news|first1=Suci Wulandari Putri|last1=Chaniago|first2=Yuharrani |last2=Aisyah|date=2022-04-24 |title=Resep Bumbu Woku Manado Seperti di Galeri MasterChef |url=https://www.kompas.com/food/read/2022/04/24/171935375/resep-bumbu-woku-manado-seperti-di-galeri-masterchef |access-date=2024-06-12 |publisher=Kompas.com |language=id}}</ref>
==Preparation== Woku consists of a ground spice paste made primarily of red ginger, turmeric, candlenut, and red chili pepper, mixed with chopped shallot, scallion, tomato, lemon or citrus leaf, and turmeric leaf, lemon basil leaf, and bruised lemongrass. The dish uses either chicken or fish that is briefly marinated in salt and lime juice before the spice paste is cooked in coconut oil. Once aromatic, the chicken or fish is mixed into the spice paste with water and a pinch of salt until cooked.<ref name="Kompas.com1"/>
==Etymology== {{Wiktionary}} Woku is an authentic Manado sauce that gets its name from ''daun woka'', a kind of young coconut leaf that is usually used as a rice wrapper.<ref name="Kitchen">{{cite web|title=Ayam Woku Belanga (Chicken with Spicy Chilli Woku Sauce) |url=http://www.mylittle-kitchen.com/2012/11/ayam-woku-belanga-chicken-with-spicy.html|publisher=My Little Kitchen|access-date=April 1, 2014}}</ref> Originally, the initial woku dishes were all wrapped in young coconut or banana leaves before being cooked, much like how ''pepes'' or ''ketupat'' are cooked.
==Variants== Almost any kind of meat, poultry and seafood can be made into ''woku'' dish. The most common and popular are ''ayam woku'' (chicken woku)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ayam Woku|url=http://www.sajiansedap.com/recipe/detail/9598/ayam-woku|publisher=Sajian Sedap|language=id|access-date=April 1, 2014}}</ref> and ''kakap woku'' (red snapper woku).<ref>{{cite web|title=Resep Masakan Kakap Woku Belanga Khas Manado|url=http://www.resepnya.com/843/resep-masakan-kakap-woku-belanga-khas-manado/|publisher=Resepnya.com|language=id|access-date=April 1, 2014}}</ref> ''Woku belanga'' is a ''woku'' variant cooked in a ''belanga'' (clay pot) or any kind of saucepan, while ''woku daun'' is a ''woku'' dish cooked and wrapped in banana or young coconut leaves.<ref name="Kitchen"/>
==See also== {{Portal|Food|Indonesia}} *Dabu-dabu *Rica-rica *Paniki *Tinutuan
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.mylittle-kitchen.com/2012/11/ayam-woku-belanga-chicken-with-spicy.html Chicken Woku Belanga recipe]
{{Indonesian cuisine}}
Category:Manado cuisine Category:Indonesian cuisine