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Ketoprak (food)
''Ketoprak'' is an Indonesian vegetarian dish from Jakarta, consisting of tofu, vegetables, rice cake, and rice vermicelli served in peanut sauce. Etymology and origin The etymology of the name ''ketoprak'' is unknown, and its name similarity to the Javanese folk-drama is peculiar. However, according to popular Betawi tradition, ''ketoprak'' was actually derived from the acronym of ''ketupat tahu digeprak'', to refer its ingredients; which are ''ket'' from '' ketupat'', ''to'' from '' tahu'' and '' toge'', and ''prak'' from ''digeprak'' ( Betawi for: "mashed" or "crushed"), which describes the method on grinding garlic, chili pepper and peanut granules together to create the peanut sauce. It is also believed that a man who loved eating invented the dish because he grew tiresome of the food he had normally eaten. When he dropped the dish on to the floor, the plate made the sound "''ketuprak''", which is where he got the idea for the name. In addition to its unique name, ketop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea, Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the List of countries and dependencies by area, 14th-largest country by area, at . With over 280 million people, Indonesia is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fourth-most-populous country and the most populous Islam by country, Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's List of islands by population, most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population. Indonesia operates as a Presidential system, presidential republic with an elected People's Consultative Assembly, legislature and consists of Provinces of Indonesia, 38 provinces, nine of which have Autonomous administrative divisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mung Bean Sprout
Mung bean sprouts are a culinary vegetable grown by sprouting mung beans. They can be grown by placing and watering the sprouted beans in the shade until the hypocotyls grow long. Mung bean sprouts are extensively cultivated and consumed in East Asia, East and Southeast Asia and are very easy to grow, requiring minimal care other than a steady supply of water. They are often used in school science projects. Cultivation A variety of techniques are used for sprouting mung beans. A common technique for home growers is sprouting the beans in a jar, with a fine mesh or muslin cloth tied over the top with a rubber band or string. Fresh water is then poured into the jar three to four times a day; the jars are then upturned and left to drain. The precise growing technique to use depends on the amount that one wants to collect. The main principles are: selecting good seed (new and uniform), ensuring that light does not reach the seeds to prevent bitterness, and also ensuring they receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pecel
Pecel (, Javanese:ꦥꦼꦕꦼꦭ꧀) is a traditional Javanese salad with peanut sauce, usually eaten with steamed rice, ''lontong'' or '' ketupat''. The simplicity of its preparation and cheap price has contributed to its popularity throughout Java. It has become a food that represents practicality, simplicity, and travel since the dish is often found along train journeys across Java. Pecel was introduced to Malaysia, where it is known as pecal, by Javanese immigrants. Pecel is also very popular in Suriname, where it was introduced by the Javanese Surinamese. History Pecel is an ancient food that has existed since the 9th century AD, the era of the Ancient Mataram Kingdom under the reign of king Rakai Watukura Dyah Balitung (898–930 AD) which was recorded in the Kakawin Ramayana. Pecel is also written in the Taji Ponorogo Inscription (901 AD), the Siman Inscription from Kediri (865 S/943 AD), the Babad Tanah Jawi (1647 AD) and Serat Centhini (1742 S/1814 AD). ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gado-gado
''Gado-gado'' ( Indonesian or Betawi) is an Indonesian salad of raw, slightly boiled, blanched or steamed vegetables and hard-boiled eggs, boiled potato, fried tofu and tempeh, and sliced ''lontong'' (compressed cylinder rice cake wrapped in a banana leaf), served with a peanut sauce dressing. In 2018, ''gado-gado'' was promoted as one of five national dishes of Indonesia; the others are soto, sate, nasi goreng, and rendang. Etymology The term ''gado'' or the verb ''menggado'' means to consume something without rice. In Indonesian Betawi, ''digado'' or ''menggado'' means to eat a certain dish (be it fish, meat, chicken, etc.) without rice. ''Gado-gado'' is made up of a rich mixture of vegetables, including potatoes, longbeans, bean sprouts, spinach, chayote, bitter gourd, corn and cabbage, along with tofu, tempeh, and hard-boiled eggs. They are all mixed in peanut sauce dressing, sometimes also topped with ''krupuk'' and sprinkles of fried shallots. ''Gado-gado'' is d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
West Java
West Java (, ) is an Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten and the country's capital region of Jakarta to the west, the Java Sea to the north, the province of Central Java to the east and the Indian Ocean to the south. With Banten, this province is the native homeland of the Sundanese people, the Ethnic groups in Indonesia, second-largest ethnic group in Indonesia. West Java was one of the first eight provinces of Indonesia formed following the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, country's independence proclamation and was later legally re-established on 14 July 1950. In 1966, the city of Jakarta was split off from West Java as a 'special capital region' (), with a status equivalent to that of a province, while in 2000 the western parts of the province were in turn split away to form a separate Banten province. Even following these split- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Karedok
Karedok ( Aksara Sunda: ) is a raw vegetable salad in peanut sauce from Sundanese region, West Java, Indonesia. It is one of the Sundanese signature dish. It traditionally includes longbeans, cucumbers, bean sprouts, cabbage, legumes, lemon basil, chayotes and small green eggplant, covered in peanut sauce dressing, but there are now many variations. It is very similar to gado-gado, except all the vegetables are raw, while most of gado-gado vegetables are boiled, and it uses kencur, lemon basil and eggplant. Karedok is also known as lotek atah (raw lotek or raw gado-gado) for its fresh and raw version of the vegetable covered with peanut sauce. Karedok is widely served as daily food in the Sundanese family, usually eaten with hot rice, tofu, tempeh, and krupuk. Nowadays karedok can be found in many variation from hawkers carts, stalls (''warung'') as well as in restaurants and hotels both in Indonesia and worldwide.Indonesian Cooking: Satays, Sambals and More. Dina Yuen. 2012. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lotek (food)
''Lotek'' (alt. spelling: ''lothek'', Javanese: ꦭꦺꦴꦛꦼꦏ꧀) is a Javanese (Indonesian) vegetable-based salad with peanut sauce. While the sauce ingredients are the same with that of ''pecel'', ''lotek'' sauce is typically much sweeter to taste, a nod to a classic "Matraman" (adj. belong to the Mataram Sultanate) cuisine. ''Lotek'' is popular in the southern parts of Central Java and Yogyakarta, where a sweet taste is traditionally preferred. It may also be called '' lontong pecel'' since it is basically ''lontong'' and ''pecel'' served with ''krupuk'' and ''gorengan''. Etymology The word ''lothek'' derived from a Javanese word which means "a wooden or bamboo spatula", used to scoop out sambal, sauce, or any paste, from the grinding bowl. In modern Indonesia, the "th-" sound is replaced with "t-", which non-Javanese speakers find easier to pronounce. As Javanese traditional villages turn urban (and welcome people from other ethnic groups), the "t-" sound version is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ketoprak Dan Penjualnya Di Jakarta
''Ketoprak'' () is a theatrical genre of Java featuring actors who may also sing to the accompaniment of the gamelan. It draws its stories from Javanese history and romances and in this differs from ''wayang wong'', which shares with ''wayang kulit'' a repertoire drawn from the Hindu epics Mahabharata and Ramayana, as well as from ''ludruk'' which uses contemporary settings and the three-walled '' srimulat'', which specializes in vampire stories. According to Clifford Geertz it was invented as recently as 1923. Ketoprak troupes might own or rent a performance building, such as Ketoprak Srimulat that used to be performed in a theatre both in Jakarta and Surabaya back in the 1980s, or troupes might travel through villages. The travelling ketoprak troupe is called ''Kethoprak Tobong'', also known as ''Ketoprak Tonil''. It might be considered as common people theatrical tradition in Java. The show were performed in certain period in an empty plain near a village and moved from one p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tukang Ketoprak
Boon Lay is a planning area situated in the West Region of Singapore. It shares boundaries with the planning areas of Pioneer to the west, Jurong West to the north, Jurong East to the east and Jurong Strait to the south. It is important to note that the Boon Lay Planning Area is distinct from the Boon Lay subzone, which lies within the neighbouring planning area of Jurong West. Together with adjacent Pioneer Pioneer commonly refers to a person who is among the first at something that is new to a community. A pioneer as a settler is among the first settling at a place that is new to the settler community. A historic example are American pioneers, perso ..., the Boon Lay Planning Area forms part of the broader Jurong Industrial Estate. Geography Location The Boon Lay Planning Area is located along the southwestern coast of the Singapore mainland and to the north of Jurong Island. Included as part of the territory of Boon Lay Planning Area is Pulau Samulun, a minor island off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bean Sprouts
Sprouting is the natural process by which seeds or spores germinate and put out shoots, and already established plants produce new leaves or buds, or other structures experience further growth. In the field of nutrition, the term signifies the practice of germinating seeds (for example, mung beans or sunflower seeds) to be eaten raw or cooked, which is considered more nutritious. Suitable seeds All viable seeds can be sprouted, but some sprouts, such as kidney beans, should not be eaten raw. Bean sprouts are a common ingredient across the world. They are particularly common in Eastern Asian cuisine. It typically takes one week for them to become fully grown. The sprouted beans are more nutritious than the original beans, and they require much less cooking time. There are two common types of bean sprouts: * Mung bean sprouts, made from greenish-capped mung beans * Soybean sprouts, made from yellow, large-grained soybeans Common sprouts used as food include: * Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rice Vermicelli
Rice vermicelli is a thin form of rice noodle. It is sometimes referred to as "rice noodles" or "rice sticks", but should not be confused with cellophane noodles, a different Asian type of vermicelli made from mung bean starch or rice starch rather than rice grains themselves. Presentation and varieties Rice vermicelli is a part of several Asian cuisines, where it is often eaten as part of a soup dish, stir-fry, or salad. One particularly well-known, slightly thicker variety, called ''Guìlín mǐfěn'' (桂林米粉), comes from the southern Chinese city of Guilin, where it is a breakfast staple. Names Rice vermicelli is widely known in Asia by cognates of Hokkien language, Hokkien 米粉 (''bí-hún'', ). These include ''bīfun'' (Japan), ''bí-hún'' or ''mifen'' (Taiwan), ''bíjon'' or ''bihon'' (Philippines), ''bee hoon'' (Singapore), ''bihun'' or ''mee hoon'' (Malaysia and Indonesia), and ''mee hoon'' (Southern Thailand). Other names include ''num banh chok'' (Cambodia) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kupat Tahu
''Ketupat'' (in Indonesian and Malay), or ''kupat'' (in Javanese and Sundanese), or ''tipat'' (in Balinese) is a Javanese rice cake packed inside a diamond-shaped container of woven palm leaf pouch. Originating in Indonesia, it is also found in Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, southern Philippines, southern Thailand, Cambodia and Laos. It is commonly described as "packed rice", although there are other types of similar packed rice such as ''lontong'' and ''bakchang''. ''Ketupat'' is cut open until its skin (woven palm leaf) is totally removed. The inner rice cake is then cut into pieces and served as a staple food in place of plain steamed rice. It is usually eaten with ''rendang'', ''opor ayam'', ''sayur labu'' (chayote soup), or ''sambal goreng hati'' (liver in sambal), or served as an accompaniment to satay (chicken or red meat in skewers) or ''gado-gado'' (mixed vegetables with peanut sauce). Ketupat is also the main element of certain dishes, such as ''ketupat sayur'' (ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
