Fragrant Rice My Continuing Love Affair With Bali Includes 115 Recipes – Janet De Neefe

‘That’s all very well in theory, Dewi,’ I said, ‘but you can’t tell me that a girl who’s had her teeth filed isn’t jealous of the beautiful girl that steals her boyfriend.’ Dewi was deeply upset by my cynical response and decided I could never be Balinese. ‘It’s not like that. You never believe anything I say,’ she uttered in frustration and walked off in a huff. I decided I’d better keep certain thoughts to myself and have tried to be as balanced and positive as possible ever since.

Nyepi, the Balinese New Year Nyepi, Balinese New Year, is one of my favourite events and occurs at the end of the ninth month on the Balinese calendar. Nyepi is the celebration of Surya, the sun, who gives life to all beings, and Chandra, the moon, who influences the oceans and the human spirit. At the time of Nyepi, generally in March, the sun begins turning to the north, the direction regarded as the positive path towards purity.

This is the dawning of springtime in Bali. A few days before Nyepi, a massive ceremony is held at the crossroads of every town, during which all sorts of animals are sacrificed. This is followed by a procession of the village members to the sea. We pray together on the warm, black sand of Sukawati beach in the late afternoon, the ferocious ocean lapping at our toes as the tide charges in.

The offerings are left on the sand to be consumed by the sea. The following day sees the procession of ogres, and more special offerings that are made for the home. About a month before the big day, the young boys start building huge monsters of all shapes, sizes and colours to be paraded through town on New Year’s Eve. The skill and innovation that goes into these constructions is amazing.

world of exotic ingredients and interesting ethnic peoples. A family holiday to Bali when she was a teenager awakened her tastebuds to a new, vibrant and exciting Southeast Asian cuisine and culture. After Janet gained a BEd in Arts and Crafts at Burwood State College in Melbourne, she decided to take a break from formal education to work in restaurants.

She returned to Bali in July 1984 and met her future husband, Ketut, on the second day of her holiday. One chapter of her life closed and another opened. In the following years, Janet returned to teaching in Australia, in between spending time in Bali. She taught Balinese cooking at the Council of Adult Education in Melbourne for a brief time, giving up this work to open her first restaurant, Lilies, in Ubud, in the foothills of Bali’s volcanic mountain range.

By 1989, Janet and Ketut were married. The next year they established the Honeymoon Bakery and Guesthouse, the name reflecting this happy time for them. In the following years, they opened two more restaurants, Casa Luna and Indus, as well as the Casa Luna Homewares shop and, most recently, an emporium selling Indonesian antiques and textiles. Janet and Ketut live with their four children at the Guesthouse.

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