Tahu Gejrot - Fried Tofu in Chili Soy Sauce
Tahu Gejrot - Fried Tofu in Chili Soy Sauce

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Tahu Gejrot Cirebon - Fried Tofu in Chili Soy Sauce. Street food is a common sight in Indonesian life, and though it may sound unusual to non-Indonesians, we have quite a variety of tofu-based street food snacks or light meals. Is a tofu dish from Cirebon, a port town in West Java Indonesia. Tahu gejrot consists of fried tofu cut into small pieces, served with a thin and watery dressing that is made by blending palm sugar, vinegar and sweet soy sauce with ground garlic, pounded shallots and bird's eye chili to add spiciness.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have tahu gejrot - fried tofu in chili soy sauce using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Tahu Gejrot - Fried Tofu in Chili Soy Sauce:
  1. Prepare 10 deep fried tofu - you can find it in Asian store and it sold in a pack
  2. Take 200 ml water
  3. Make ready 50 ml sweet soy sauce
  4. Take 25 gram palm sugar
  5. Get 1/2 teaspoon salt
  6. Make ready 1 teaspoon vinegar
  7. Make ready Grind the following into spice paste
  8. Get 2 green or red bird’s eye chili
  9. Take 1 shallot
  10. Make ready 1 clove garlic

Tahu gejrot is a very simple dish to make, especially if you have access to freshly made deep fried tofu, which in Indonesia is not a problem at all. To this fried tofu, you make a simple sauce of garlic, shallot, Thai chilies, salt, palm sugar, water, and sweet soy sauce. Some people like to add vinegar to this, but I am in the camp who opt. Tahu Gejrot - Fried Tofu in Chili Soy Sauce.

Steps to make Tahu Gejrot - Fried Tofu in Chili Soy Sauce:
  1. Deep fried the tofu about 3 minutes. Turning occasionally to cook brown on all sides.
  2. Cut each tofu into four pieces. Place it in a shallow serving bowl and set aside.
  3. In a small saucepan, boil together the spice taste, water, sweet soy sauce, palm sugar, salt and vinegar. Reduce heat and simmer for 2 minutes.
  4. Pour the sauce on top of the tofu and serve immediately.

Some people like to add vinegar to this, but I am in the camp who opt. Tahu Gejrot - Fried Tofu in Chili Soy Sauce. Is a tofu dish from Cirebon, a port town in West Java Indonesia. Tahu gejrot consists of fried tofu cut into small pieces, served with a thin and watery dressing that is made by blending palm sugar, vinegar and sweet soy sauce with ground garlic, pounded shallots and bird's eye chili to add spici. this is fried tofu in sweet spicy sauce or we call it " Tahu Gejrot" this is traditional food from Cirebon. west java. but, u can find it in aound indonesia. Tahu means Tofu, and Gejrot itself derived from a sound that a bottle (consist of tamarind sauce-Indonesian street vendor style) made when you shake the bottle, up and down as you forced the sauce out from that bottle, usually it was something like "Whack!" or "Whoop!" (?) but in our own traditional sound effects its "Jrott!

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