Traditional Food

Karedok

Karedok or keredok is one of the Sundanese specialties in Indonesia. Karedok made with raw vegetable ingredients, among others; cucumber, bean sprouts, cabbage, long beans, sweet potatoes, basil leaves and eggplant. While the sauce is a peanut sauce made from red chili, garlic, kencur, peanuts, sour water, java sugar, salt, and shrimp paste. Karedok is served with a sprinkling of crackers on top of it. Karedok is usually a complementary food in the daily menu.

Karedok a healthy dish typical of Sundanese, this food is suitable for those of you who are running a diet program. This one food is also usually sold together with gado-gado, this karedok has a unique taste because it is a blend of kencur and peanut sauce that is one. Here is a recipe for making karedok:

·         1/4 bean sprouts

·         1/4 cabbage

·         1/4 basil leaves

·         1/4 long beans, thinly sliced

·         1 cucumber, thinly sliced

·         1/4 milled beans

·         1/4 java sugar sphere

·         2 cm kencur

·         1 lime

·         2 red cayenne pepper

·         1/2 teaspoon of shrimp paste

·         salt to taste

The steps:

1.      Rinse all vegetables and prepare a mortar

2.      Rub the chili, shrimp paste, kencur and salt until smooth, then add the ground beans and java sugar again until smooth and give water little by little until it does not thicken and does not melt

3.      Add all the vegetables to stir with chilli sauce until evenly mixed

4.      Squeeze the limo to have a fresh aroma

5.      Prepare a container to put karedok

6.      Karedok is ready to be served

Karedok