Indonesian Food Recipes

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Ketoprak, like gado-gado, is a native Jakartan’s “signature” food. It is usually served  as a breakfast meal and is widely available in Jakarta in the morning until early afternoon. Providing you have all the ingredients, it’s one of the easiest Indonesian foods to prepare.

Ingredients:

• 12 pieces tofu, fried and sliced
• 1 hard boiled egg, halved
• 2 pieces rice packets (ketupat), sliced
• 200 gr vermicelli (mee hoon), soaked in hot water and drained.
• 600 gr bean sprouts, soaked in hot water and drained.
• 6 tbs fried shallots (bawang goreng)
• 1 cup fried shrimp crackers
• 2 tsp lime juice
• 1 tbs sweet soy sauce
• 3 tbs water

Spice paste ingredients:

• 6 cloves garlic
• 5 bird’s eye chilies
• 1 tbs coconut candy
• 12 tbs roasted/fried peanuts
• salt to taste

Directions:

• Grind spice paste ingredients into a fine paste. Dilute with water.  Add lime juice. Stir to combine.
• Put sliced tofu, egg, rice packets, vermicelli, and bean sprouts on a platter. Pour the peanut sauce onto the dish.
• Sprinkle with sweet soy sauce, fried shallots and shrimp crackers.