Doclang, rice cakes with peanut sauce

Doclang, rice cakes with peanut sauce

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A Bogor specialty, similar to gado-gado: ketupat (rice cakes), fried potatoes, fried yellow tofu, hard-boiled eggs, and soy sprouts, all coated in a peanu…

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Doclang is a typical dish from the city of Bogor in Indonesia. While its presentation may seem similar to other dishes like gado-gado or ketoprak, it stands out due to its ingredients. Doclang features boiled eggs, sweet potatoes, and fried tofu. Consuming ketupat provides a good source of carbohydrates, making it an ideal breakfast option.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Resting10 min
  • Total55 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodmixing and cooking
  • Estimated cost$9.26 $4.63 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

2 people
  • $0.34
  • $0.40
  • $1.43
  • $0.46
  • $0.45
  • $5.85

Peanut sauce

  • $0.15
  • $0.06
  • $0.09
  • $0.01
  • $0.02

Prices from US supermarkets for 8 of 11 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. For the sauce, blend or process the peanuts, chili pepper, garlic, salt, and palm sugar together, then thin with a little hot water. ≈ 4 min
  2. Add kecap manis and a squeeze of lime juice. ≈ 3 min
  3. Cut the ketupat, potato, tofu, and optionally the lettuce, into bite-sized pieces and arrange them on a plate. ≈ 8 min
  4. Add the hard-boiled egg and soy sprouts, and then drizzle with sauce. ≈ 3 min
  5. Garnish with fried crackers and fried onions, and serve. ≈ 10 min

The bill

Doclang, rice cakes with peanut sauce

  • 1 cooked potato, boiled or steamed$0.34
  • One hard-boiled egg, cut in half$0.40
  • 1 small lime$1.43
  • French-fried onions$0.46
  • 100 g of soybean sprouts$0.45
  • 3 lettuce leaves (optional)$5.85
  • Grilled peanuts$0.15
  • red chili pepper$0.06
  • garlic$0.09
  • salt$0.01
  • palm sugar$0.02

Total$9.26

that's $4.63 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 2 ketupat or lontong (rice cakes)
  • 1 cooked potato, boiled or steamed
  • Two pieces of fried yellow tofu
  • One hard-boiled egg, cut in half
  • Sweet soy sauce
  • Crispy fried snacks
  • 1 small lime
  • French-fried onions
  • 100 g of soybean sprouts
  • 3 lettuce leaves (optional)
  • Grilled peanuts
  • red chili pepper
  • garlic
  • salt
  • palm sugar
  • A little bit of hot water

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