The soap opera stars: Revalina S. Temat, Dimaz Andrean, Nia Ramadhani, Lydia Kandou, Dwi Yan, Helsi Herlinda, Nena Rosier, Nana Khairina, Ully Artha, Ade Irawan, Elsye Virgita, and Marsha Aruan.
All 108 episodes of the soap opera were also popular in Malaysia when TV3 aired it from 2006 to early 2007 and reruns on local channel TVRI Jawa Barat in West Java.
[citation needed] From late February 2013 until mid May 2014, KGMB and KHNL will simulcast and air Bawang Merah Bawang Putih in Hawaiian so the title of this show is called in Hawaii as Pele a me Hi'iaka (Pele and Hi'iaka) every Thursday and Friday night at 6:30pm, replacing Entertainment Tonight (KHNL) and The Insider (KGMB).
Her father Indra, is a successful businessman, while Yasmin, her mother, is a friendly housewife.
Ferdy actually comes from a rich family, but he ran away from home and lives simply in Jakarta, because he cannot stand his father who is very strict.
Before her death, she gets the chance to tell her daughter to be careful of Rika, but Bawang Putih gets the message wrong.
Rika keeps trying to win Indra until finally they get married and she moves into his house with her daughter.