| Terang bulan | |
| Name Lang: | jv |
| Name Italics: | Javanese: Terang bulan |
| Alternate Name: | Javanese: Terbul, Terang boelan, Martabak manis |
| Type: | pancake |
| Course: | dessert |
| Place Of Origin: | Java (adopted from Dutch; Flemish: [[Pannenkoek]] of the Netherlands-origin) |
| Associated Cuisine: | Indonesia and Dutch |
| Creators: | Indo people (Javanese-Dutch) |
| Served: | hot and warm |
| Serving Size: | ... g |
| Commons: | Terang bulan |
Javanese: Terang bulan (in Javanese pronounced as /traŋ.bʊlan/, or colloquially also abbreviated as Javanese: Terbul) is an Indonesian-type of thick pancake, commonly found in the central-eastern regions of Java (in Western Indonesia), as well as Bali, Lombok and Southern Sulawesi (in Central Indonesia), to the Nusa Tenggara and Western Papua (in Eastern Indonesia). Javanese: Terang bulan is a food heritage of the Indo people (a Dutch of Indonesian-ancestry), adapted from the Dutch; Flemish: [[Pannenkoek]], which is a type of similar-size pancake originated from the Netherlands. Similar to its proto-type, the Javanese: Terang bulan also uses cheese as the fillings of the pancake, but the buttered Javanese: Terang bulan with chocolate sprinkles (known as Dutch; Flemish: [[Hagelslag]]) are the one that considered as 'original' which also adopted from the Indo-Dutch breakfast tradition. Additional crushed peanuts and natural-processed sugar also favored, which is a Javanese fusion to add their cultural peanuty Javanese: [[Pecel]] taste to the pancake.
The nomenclature of these pancake is derived from the Pekalongan Javanese term, Javanese: terang bulan, which originally referring to one of the intricate Batik motifs that appeared to be similar to Javanese: Terang bulan pancake shape.
The Dutch people came to conquer Indonesia as early as 15th century, which later evolved as a colony called Dutch; Flemish: Netherlandsch Öost-Indies . Upon their arrival, much of the native Indonesians were enslaved and marginalized; some are forcefully arranged to pleasure the desires of the Dutch soldiers, which later resulted in the existence of the Indo-Dutch community. These Indo-Dutch people later started to develop their own kind of foods, which bears the characteristics of both Dutch and Indonesian (mainly Javanese)-origins. The Dutch pancake, or known natively as Dutch; Flemish: Pannenkoek is one of the subjected foods that experienced cultural fusion between both entities, made of ingredients that are commonly associated to each respective cultures. Unlike another regular pancakes that are small in size, the Javanese: Terang bulan are relatively huge adopting the original size of Dutch; Flemish: Pannenkoek. Not only large in size, the Javanese: Terang bulan also thicker compared to most of pancakes, it was originally added due to the abundance of wasted flours that the enslaved Javanese had.
Nowadays, the Javanese: Terang bulan is not only enjoyed by the Indo-Dutch community in Java, but has also been spread to another regions across Indonesia due to the Javanese expansions. The diasporic Javanese community outside of Indonesia also familiar to these Javanese: Terang bulan pancake, especially in the South American country of Suriname, where the enslaved Javanese were sent there by the Dutch force during the colonial time. Many of native Indonesians (mainly of Javan-Bali descents) also enslaved and sent to Sri Lanka (Dutch Ceylon), where they later identified Javanese: Terang bulan as Appam Bali, due to resemblance of Javanese: Terang bulan pancake to their traditional South Asian Appam cake.