Tinutuan

Tinutuan or bubur manado or Manadonese porridge is a rice porridge mixed with various vegetables such as spinach, kangkung, corn, pumpkin and sweet potato or cassava.Tinutuan is from Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.According to others, it is from Minahasa, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The etymology of the word tinutuan is unknown.The exact date when tinutuan was invented is also uncertain. Some sources say it has been popular since 1970, while others date its invention as late as 1981. The local government of Manado made tinutuan an official icon of the Manado city. Tinutuan is usually served as breakfast, with many additional foods, such as salted fish, sambal, fried onion, as seen on the picture. At its place of origin, Manado, tinutuan usually served with smoked skipjack tuna, shrimp paste or smoked garfish sambal, or meatballs.