Lotek

Lotek is a kind of food like Pecel consisting of boiled and mixed vegetables with peanut sauce. Lotek peanut sauce is usually sweeter than Pecel. Lotek spice mix is also very unique because its main ingredient is a Nut that is added with Terasi, Brown sugar, Garlic.

If you come to the City of Solo, Central of Java, do not forget to taste this Lotek. Lotek usually served with Lontong or warm white rice and added red crackers and fried onions. This food is also sold with a very economical price of  Rp. 5000,- every plate.

INGREDIENTS :

• 10 bean stalk, cut into pieces
• 1 fruit squash, hard boiled
• 1 bunch kale, siangi
• 50 gr touge, pour boiling hot water, drained
• 100 gr young jackfruit, cut into pieces
• 100 gr tempe, fried
• 2 pieces of medium-size tofu, fried
• 50 gr cabbage
• 100 gr red cracker

MASHED :

• 250 gr peanuts, fried
• 3 large red chilies, boiled
• 5 pieces cayenne pepper, stew
• 3 cm kencur
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar,comb
• 2 tablespoons tamarind water
• 100 ml warm water

• Sprinkling of fried onions and red crackers

HOW TO MAKE LOTEK :

• Boil vegetables until done, drain.

SEASONINGS :

• crushed red pepper, cayenne pepper, kencur, salt, and brown sugar, add peanuts and stir well.
• Enter the water and tamarind water and stir well.
• Insert a piece of jackfruit which has been boiled and stir well.

Tahu Gimbal

Tahu Gimbal is a typical food from Semarang, Central of Java. Tahu Gimbal It consists of fried Tofu, cabbage, bean sprouts, Lontong, Gimbal (Shrimp fried in flour) and mixed with peanut sauce unique because it uses Petis of shrimp.

Peanut sauce have sweet, spicy and savory flavor so that it of food becomes more delicious. Tahu Gimbal is usually to eaten lunch or dinner.

For those of you who come to the city of Semarang do not forget to taste these foods. Tahu Gimbal usually sold Rp. 11 000,- every plate, it was quite cheap price when compared to the deliciousness of  Tahu Gimbal itself.

 INGREDIENTS :

•  150 gr small shrimp, discard the head, wash clean
•  75 gr flour
•  3 tablespoons rice flour
•  150 ml water
•  1 leek, thinly sliced
•  cooking oil

MASHED :

•  2 eggs hazelnut
•  2 cloves garlic
•  1 / 2 tsp coriander
•  1 teaspoon salt

SEASONINGS NUTS :

•  7 pcs cayenne pepper
•  4 cloves garlic
•  2 teaspoons brown sugar
•  100 gr fried peanuts, roughly crushed
•  1 tablespoon shrimp petis
•  2 tsp lemon juice
•  150 ml boiled water

COMPLEMENT :

•  Lontong
•  2 pieces of cabbage, thinly sliced
•  50 gr bean sprouts, pour boiling hot water, drained
•  2 pieces of fried tofu, cut into pieces
•  egg, cow eye
•  2 tablespoons fried onions
•  2 tablespoons chopped celery
•  soy sauce

HOW TO COOK :
 
Gimbal Shrimp :

• Mix spices with flour, rice flour and water until a smooth dough. Add green onion and stir well. then mixed with shrimp. Heat oil in large quantities and then pour into hot oil. Fry until cooked and golden browned. Remove and drain. Do it until the dough runs out.

Seasonings Nuts:

• Cayenne pepper, brown sugar and garlic mashed. Add peanuts, petis, lemon juice and water. Ouch until blended.

 

Tahu Acar

Tahu Acar is a Tahu  that is eaten with a mixture of pickles and brown sauce that tastes sweet, sour and spicy. Know this a lot pickle we find in Solo Town, Central of Java.

Tahu Acar are usually eaten in the afternoon. vegetables in this Tahu Acar  consists of cabbage, bean sprouts and cucumbers. besides it is mixed well with the noodles, so the added pleasure of this meal.

For those of you who came to town solo do not forget to taste these foods. enough by Rp. 7000,- every plate you are able to enjoy this food.

INGREDIENTS:

•  2 pcs Tofu, diced, fried ripe
•  4 lmbr cabbage, thinly sliced
•  150 gr bean sprouts, siangi, pour boiling water, drained
•  100 gr noodles, boiled, drained

INGREDIENTS OF ACAR :

•  1 cucumber, peeled, diced
•  3 teaspoons vinegar
•  4 tablespoons sugar
•  200 ml water
•  Mix all ingredients and stir well. 

SAUCE :

•  300 ml water
•  3 tablespoons soy sauce
•  3 tablespoons brown sugar
•  2 tablespoons vinegar
•  salt to taste
•  Boil all ingredients to boiling, remove, let cool.

COMPLEMENT :

•  1 tbsp fried peanuts
•  1 tbsp fried shallots
•  1 tablespoon chopped celery leaves
•  1 tablespoon chili sauce

Selat Solo

Selat Solo is the typical food of the Town Solo, this Selat Solo has some similarities with beefsteak, the served of Selat solo consists of meat cooked like a Semur with  potatoes, snaps, carrots, leaf lettuce, mayoinasse, tomatoes and boiled eggs are sprinkled with brown sauce that tastes sweet.

If you come to town solo, you can easily find a place that sells this Selat Solo. Selat solo sold price is with very economical only is Rp.8000,- every plate.

INGREDIENTS:

• 500 g of meat has in, cut crosswise fiber
• 6 pcs red onion, thinly sliced
• 4 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 pc tomatoes, diced
• 1 cm cinnamon
• 2 pcs cloves
• ¼ cut nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons margarine
• 250 ml water

 

MASHED:

• 5  garlic
• 1 tsp pepper
• ½ teaspoon salt

COMPLEMENT:

• 200 gr snaps, cut into 3 cm, boiled until cooked
• 200 g carrots, cut into 3 cm, boiled until cooked
• 4  hard-boiled eggs, cut two

SAUCE:

• 4 egg yolks, mashed
• 150 gr Liquid margarine
• 3 tablespoons lime juice
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt

HOW TO COOK:

1. Beef steak: melting the margarine, saute onion , put spices, after the fragrant, put the meat, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and water and cook until meat is tender.
2. After the meat is tender add the soy sauce and tomatoes, cook until thickened, remove, set aside.
3. Sauce: Mix all sauce ingredients until blended.