Rujak Cingur
Cow-snout salad in black peanut sauce
Think of it as: Like a gado-gado that took a walk on the wild side
A salad starring cow snout. Crunchy!
What does it taste like?
Sweet, spicy peanut sauce with a deep shrimp-paste funk.
SweetSpicySourSaltyFunkSmellTextureCrunchy and chewy
What is it?
Surabaya's famous salad: boiled cow snout, vegetables, tofu and tempeh tossed in a dark sauce of peanuts and fermented shrimp paste.
How locals eat it
Served at Surabaya street stalls on a plate or banana leaf.
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MusicDangdut Danceable pop with Indian-style melodies
SportBadminton (soccer is hugely popular too)
Susi Susanti (badminton; Indonesia's first Olympic gold medalist) World HeritageBorobudur Temple Compounds and more National animalKomodo dragon National flowerJasmine (Arabian jasmine) FestivalNyepi (around March, Bali's Day of Silence)
Ingredients
- 200 g cow snout
- 100 g each tofu and tempeh
- 100 g each bean sprouts and water spinach
- 1 cucumber
- 1 lontong (rice cake)
- 2 tbsp petis (black shrimp paste)
- 50 g peanuts
- 2 chilies
Can't find it? Petis shrimp paste is found at Indonesian grocers.
How to make it (one way)
- Boil the snout until tender.
- Fry the tofu and tempeh.
- Blanch the vegetables.
- Grind peanuts, chilies, petis and palm sugar into a sauce.
- Chop everything and toss with the sauce.