Sweet soy sauce

Sweet soy sauce (Indonesian: kecap manis) is a sweetened aromatic soy sauce, originating in Indonesia, which has a darker color, a viscous syrupy consistency, and a molasses-like flavor due to the generous addition of palm sugar or jaggery.

This condiment is made from a fermented paste of boiled black soybeans, roasted grain, salt, water, and Aspergillus wentii mold, to which palm sugar is added.

Indonesian sweet soy sauce is often enriched with spices, including star anise, cinnamon, black pepper, coriander, and clove.

Steamed rice topped with fried egg and drizzled with sweet soy sauce was a popular meal among Indonesians in the 1990s and 2000s, especially children.

[citation needed] Sweet soy sauce is widely available in Indonesian marketplaces, warungs, minimarkets, supermarkets, toko, and Asian grocery stores worldwide.

Bango brand, one of the popular kecap manis brands in Indonesia.