Doclang, rice cakes with peanut sauce
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…
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
- $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
- 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
- Add kecap manis and a squeeze of lime juice. ≈ 3 min
- Cut the ketupat, potato, tofu, and optionally the lettuce, into bite-sized pieces and arrange them on a plate. ≈ 8 min
- Add the hard-boiled egg and soy sprouts, and then drizzle with sauce. ≈ 3 min
- 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.
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