Indonesia

Tahu Gejrot

Name: Tahu Gejrot
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Indonesia
Ingredients: 300 g Fried tofu; 3 tbsp Palm sugar; some of each Vinegar & soy sauce; some of each Garlic & shallots; 4 pieces Bird's eye chili; 150 ml Water

Fried tofu in sweet-sour chili sauce

Tahu gejrot is a street snack from Cirebon in West Java, where fried tofu floats in a thin, sweet-sour sauce.

Garlic, shallots and chili are crushed in a clay dish and doused with palm sugar-vinegar water.

Servings3

Time20 min

LevelEasy

Ingredients

Fried tofu300 g
Palm sugar3 tbsp
Vinegar & soy saucesome of each
Garlic & shallotssome of each
Bird's eye chili4 pieces
Water150 ml

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Dissolve palm sugar in water, mix with vinegar and soy.
Coarsely crush garlic, shallots and chili.
Stir the spice paste into the sugar solution.
Cut the fried tofu into bite-size pieces.
Douse the tofu with the sauce and serve at once.

Make it original

Palm sugar for tahu gejrot is in the Asia Boutique.

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