Docang

Docang

Main dishes

Docang is a traditional dish from Cirebon, combining cassava leaves, young soybean sprouts, and coconut, creating a delightful sensory experience.

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Docang is a traditional dish from the Cirebon region in Indonesia. It consists of cooked cassava leaves, young soybean sprouts, and grated coconut, all served with a sauce called “oncom”.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time45 min
  • Resting10 min
  • Total1 hr 25 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • Cooking methodcooking over a fire

Ingredients

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Directions

  1. Collect all the cassava leaves, wash them thoroughly, and cook them until they are tender.
  2. Drain them and cut them into thin slices. ≈ 8 min
  3. Peel the young shoots from the base, wash them thoroughly, then rinse them and soak them in hot water.
  4. Once they are no longer too firm, drain them. ≈ 2 min
  5. Toast the shredded coconut for 10 minutes with a pinch of salt to enhance its flavor, then let it cool.
  6. Soak the oncom in hot water and then blend it.
  7. Chop the onion and the garlic. ≈ 8 min
  8. Place them in a pan and cook until they are fragrant, then add the chopped bay leaves, galangal, and lemongrass.
  9. Pour a sufficient amount of water, and bring to a boil.
  10. Add the onion and salt to taste. ≈ 3 min
  11. Continue cooking until the mixture is fully cooked and flavorful. ≈ 3 min
  12. For the sauce, bring the ingredients to a boil and then chop them.
  13. Arrange the sticky rice, cassava leaves, young soybean sprouts, and coconut flakes in a bowl. ≈ 3 min
  14. Serve with a sauce made from oncom, and accompany with the traditional Cirebon dish, along with chips and chopped chili peppers. ≈ 2 min

Before you start

Ingredients

  • Attaching cassava leaves
  • 2 cups of young soybean sprouts
  • 200 g of shredded coconut
  • Lontong (rice cooked with dried coconut) to your desired amount
  • breadcrumbs, to taste
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 3 lemon peels
  • 2 bay leaves
  • One piece of ginger
  • One piece of ginger
  • 1 sheet of oncom
  • salt, as needed
  • 10 green chili peppers
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • a pinch of salt

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