Holiday Ayo - Dodol is one of the typical Indonesian foods, originating from the West Java area with the basic ingredients of making it glutinous rice flour, coconut milk, and sugar. Dodol is a semi-wet food that has an elastic texture.

This food usually has an elongated or round shape with a soft texture and sweet taste. Dodol Garut is usually served as a snack in West Java, especially around Garut, Tasik, and Bandung.

Dodol is a familiar food, many regions in Indonesia produce dodol. However, Garut dodol has a unique characteristic.

Dodol is famous as a souvenir typical of Garut since the first Dodol Garut was produced in 1926 by a dodol entrepreneur in this district. Since then, dodol has become increasingly popular as food and typical souvenirs from Garut which are often brought by tourists.

This dodol is suitable for serving in your living room because of its unique appearance. Dodol Garut is already well known throughout Indonesia.

Dodol Garut was first produced with a small home production scale in the 1800s. In the Dutch colonial era, Dodol Garut was widely known among Dutch men and women. In fact, the Dutch noni at that time was very good at making it.

Dodol Garut is now exported to various countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, even reaching the Middle East and Europe. The distinctive taste and aroma make this Garut dodol favored by local and foreign tourists.

For the Garut area, the official website of Garut Regency notes that dodol began to become an industry in 1926 which was initiated by Mrs. Karsinah. At that time, the manufacturing process and the raw materials used were fairly simple.

Over time, Garut's typical commodities began to be "modified" by using pumpkin, potatoes, peanuts, papaya, pineapple, soursop, sugar apple, durian, sesame, and so on as the main raw materials.

If you are looking for Dodol Garut souvenirs, now there are many souvenir shops in every corner of the city, such as in the city of Bandung. In fact, nowadays small stalls selling various types of snacks have also provided many souvenirs that are typical of Garut.

So if you are in the Garut area, or you really want to enjoy the beauty of Garut, by traveling, it feels incomplete if you don't try this Dodol Garut. This dodol is already famous for its aroma that makes people addicted.

The process of making Dodol Garut is pretty simple. Those ingredients are then stirred for about 3-4 hours. Then given flavors such as chocolate, sesame, milk, strawberry, ginger, and mocha.

The time needed to make Dodol Garut with perfect results is approximately 3 to 4 hours.