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Kupat tahu Magelang: Tofu and rice cakes in a peanut sauce.

Kupat tahu Magelang, a dish of tofu and rice cakes in a peanut sauce.

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A Javanese specialty: ketupat (a type of rice cake), fried tofu, soybean sprouts, and cabbage, all coated in a smooth peanut sauce flavored with garlic an…

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Recipe from Akhsan05 (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Kupat tahu is a specialty of Magelang, in Central Java. The peanut sauce used in this dish is more liquid than in other places, with a strong garlic flavor and a sweet note.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time25 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Resting20 min
  • Total1 hr
  • DifficultyEasy
  • Cooking methodfrying

Ingredients

2 people
  • $0.45

Peanut sauce

  • $0.51
  • $0.16
  • $0.04
  • $0.03

To serve

  • $0.37

Directions

  1. Finely chop the roasted peanuts, along with the garlic, chili peppers, salt, and palm sugar.
  2. Gradually add the tamarind water and cooled boiled water, until you reach the desired consistency, which should be quite liquid, similar to a sauce.
  3. Add kecap manis to your liking and mix well. ≈ 4 min
  4. Arrange the pieces of ketupat, fried tofu, soybean sprouts, and cabbage on a plate.
  5. Drizzle with the long-form peanut sauce. ≈ 3 min
  6. Add the fried onions and crackers. ≈ 3 min
  7. Serve immediately, at room temperature. ≈ 2 min

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 2 ketupat (rice cakes cooked in palm leaves)
  • 4 pieces of fried white tofu
  • 100 g of soybean sprouts
  • 50 g of cabbage
  • 100 g of roasted peanuts
  • 3 cloves of Allium sativum (garlic)
  • 3 hot chili peppers
  • 1 tablespoon of salt
  • 2 tablespoons of palm sugar
  • 2 tablespoons of tamarind water
  • sweet soy sauce
  • French-fried onions
  • crackers (crisps)

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