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Passport & Plate - Nasi Lengko

Ingredients
Nasi Lengko:

- 1 plate of cooked rice
- 1 tofu
- 1 slice of tempe (fermented soy bean)
- Some bean sprout
- Half of a cucumber for sprinkles
- 1 tbs of soy sauce
- Spring onion for sprinkles

Peanut sauce:

- 2 tbs of peanut
- 1 chili
- Salt and sugar for seasoning

for one portion.

 

How to prepare this recipe
Fried the tofu and tempe, and cut into square.
Mash the peanut and chili, give some salt and sugar for seasoning.
Chop the cucumber and the spring onion.
Put the fried tofu and tempe, bean sprout, and cucumber on the top of rice, give the peanut sauce and soy sauce into it, mix it all together with the rice, and sprinkle the spring onion.

 

The story behind this recipe
The recipe is originally from my hometown, Cirebon West Java-Indonesia, it locates in the coast of north Java island. The recipe represents our culture as citizen of Cirebon. Most of our people was fisherman and because a lot of people came to our town from the sea, we accept all culture, we learn how to live in diversity, that's why Nasi Lengko mixed with lots of vegetable and our local dish like tempe.