GADO-GADO IS INDONESIAN SALAD

 GADO-GADO

           Gado-gado (in Indonesian or Betawi language), also known as Lotek (in Sundanese and Javanese) is an Indonesian dish or Indonesian salad consisting of boiled vegetables served with a peanut sauce dressing.[1] It is differed from lotek atah or karedok for its fresh and raw version of the vegetable covered with peanut sauce. Another similar dish is Javanese pecel. It is thought to have originally been a Sundanese dish. It is widely served from hawkers carts, stalls (warung) as well as in restaurants and hotels both in Indonesia and worldwide.
             Gado-gado is part of a wide range of Indonesian dressing and salad combinations, along with lotek, pecel and karedok. In many places, to retain authenticity in both the production and flavor, the peanut sauce is made in individual batches per order, in front of the customers to suit customers' personal preference on the degree of spiciness (the amount of chili pepper). However, since the dish has gained popularity (because of the increase of Asian-themed restaurants) Gado-gado sauce is now mostly made ahead of time and cooked in bulk, although this is probably more common in Western restaurants rather than in Indonesia. Compared to Western and Indonesian salads, Gado-gado has much more sauce in it. Instead of being used as a light dressing, the vegetables should be well coated in the sauce.
               Many stores now offer Gado-Gado dressing in dried blocks to which simply require to add hot water, making it easier and cheaper to cook at home.

GADO-GADO RECIPE:

ingredients:

     Oil for frying
     150 g know chinese, fried, thinly sliced
     150 g tempeh, fried, thinly sliced
     150 g cabbage, discard the bones leaves, thinly sliced​​, pour hot water
     150 g bean sprouts, remove the roots, pour hot water
     Water for boiling
     150 g green beans, siangi, cut into 2 cm, trimmed
     150 g curly leaf lettuce, sliced ​​2 cm
     3 eggs, boiled, peeled, cut lengthwise 2 parts
     1 cucumber, peeled, thinly sliced ​​round
     1 red tomatoes, cut into 8 pieces lengthwise