Tahu Guling

Javanese Food.
Another Javanese dish to cook is Tahu guling, my favourite meal.  Tahu guling is a combination of tofu, vegetables, crackers with soy dressing.  I can say 'Tahu guling' is tofu and vegetable salad with soy and herbs dressing. Recipe for you.

Tahu Guling

The Recipe

Tahu Guling

Tofu and vegetable salad with soy and herb dressing

Ingredients

200 g sliced firm white tofu

2 tablespoons vegetable oil to pan fry the tofu

30 g mung beans, blanch in hot water

1 tomato, thinly sliced

½ cup shredded fresh cabbage or lettuce

Krupuk, fried prawn crackers

Dressing

3 tablespoons sweet soy (ABC-kecap manis)

1tablespoon salty soy

1 fresh red chilli, chopped finely

Juice of a whole large lime

2 kaffir lime leaf, shredded finely

salt to taste and fried shallots

(mix the ingredients together)

Method

pan frying the tofu

Pan fry the sliced tofu in oil lightly
Place the cooked tofu on a serving place

Put the mung beans, tomatoes, and the shredded cabbage on top of the tofu

Pour the dressing over, garnished with the prawn crackers, and serve at once.

(Toss it thoroughly prior eating)

The taste should be sweet and slightly sour, delicious balance flavour is added with the crunch of mixed fresh vegetables.

It is a very popular street eat food, but family cooks and prepares the dish at home too.  Here in Australia, you could make Tahu guling easily as the ingredients are obtainable in any market or supermarket.

There are tofu dishes in Javanese cooking:  Tahu isi, Tahu goreng, Tahu bacem, terik Tahu (braised tofu in mild coconut sauce) and a lot more, and they are delicious.
More Javanese cooking to come.


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Susy