Ketoprak

What is Ketoprak? Ketoprak is a simple street vegetarian dish from Jakarta, Indonesia, that tastes mostly of peanuts and spice but is chockfull of carbohydrates. This dish consists of tofu, gado-gado, pecel, vegetables and rice cake, rice vermicelli served in peanut sauce. Just prior to eating the salad, pour the peanut sauce and mix well.

serves 4-6

cook time: 1 hr, prep time: 30 min

Ketoprak ingredients:

Salad

• 2 block firm tofu (about 300 gram), drained and cut into ½ inch x ½ inch x 1 inch

• 100 gram bean sprouts

• 200 gram vermicelli, soaked in cold water until soft

• 1 cucumber, peeled and cut into small wedges

Peanut sauce

• 100 gram peanut with skin on

• 5 cloves garlic

• 5 Thai chilies

• 1 tbsp palm sugar

• 1 tsp salt

• 175 ml - 200 ml warm drinking water

Accompaniments

• red crackers

• sweet soy sauce

• fried shallot

Ketoprak preparation:

1. Heat enough oil in a pot for deep frying.

2. Deep fry peanuts until a shade darker.

3. Deep fry tofu until lightly golden brown.

4. Deep fry red crackers until they fluff up.

5. Deep fry garlic until lightly golden brown.

6. Deep fry Thai chilies until a shade lighter.

7. Boil a pot of water and blanch bean sprouts. Remove with slotted spoon and set aside.

8. Blanch vermicelli, drain and set aside.

9. Peanut sauce

10. Grind peanut, garlic, thai chilies, palm sugar, and salt until becoming a thick paste.

11. Add water and mix well.

12. Assemble the salad