# The best Balinese dishes

Traditional Balinese food you must try according to detikBali, Klook, Trip.com, The Wonderspace and iNi ViE: from babi guling and ayam betutu to rujak kuah pindang.

- 0 votes · 18 items
- May 14, 2026 · Hendra Lubis
- https://even.best/en/l/901/the-best-balinese-dishes

## Top 15

1. **Babi guling** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Whole spit-roasted pig stuffed with base genep spices, Bali's culinary icon.
2. **Ayam betutu** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Heavily spiced chicken slow-cooked in rice husks or steamed.
3. **Sate lilit** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Minced spiced fish or pork wrapped around lemongrass sticks.
4. **Lawar** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mix of vegetables, grated coconut, minced meat and spices, sometimes with blood.
5. **Nasi campur Bali** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rice with sate lilit, lawar, shredded chicken and sambal matah.
6. **Bebek timbungan** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Spiced duck cooked in bamboo.
7. **Sambal matah** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Raw relish of shallots, chilli, lemongrass and coconut oil.
8. **Serombotan** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Klungkung vegetable salad with peanut and coconut dressing.
9. **Mujair nyatnyat** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tilapia in yellow spice paste from Lake Batur.
10. **Rujak kuah pindang** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fruit salad in a spicy fish broth.
11. **Nasi jinggo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tiny, cheap rice parcels wrapped in banana leaf.
12. **Be genyol** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Spiced rice-field eel from Tabanan.
13. **Tipat cantok** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rice cakes with boiled vegetables and peanut sauce.
14. **Sate plecing** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Satay with spicy plecing sambal.
15. **Jaja Bali (laklak and klepon)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Traditional market sweets with coconut and palm sugar.
16. **The porridge sucks** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Typical Buleleng porridge with coconut milk sauce, shredded chicken and ointment.
17. **Rujak bulung** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Seaweed rujak with pindang sauce, typical of Bali.
18. **Fish sauce** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Seasoned fish wrapped in banana leaves then steamed or grilled.

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