LOTEK (Sundanese Vegetable Salad)
What is Lotek? Lotek is the traditional Sundanese (West Java) vegetable salad with peanut sauce. It's similiar to Gado-gado (the famous Indonesian traditional dish) but in lotek, there's an additional ingredient which is galangal (kencur), dried shrimp paste (terasi) and garlic (bawang putih).
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Sayur AsemSayur asem or sayur asam (Indonesian: sour dish or tamarind dish) is a very popular vegetable soup dish in Indonesian cuisine. Common ingredients are peanuts, young jackfruit, melinjo, bilimbi, chayote, long beans, all cooked in tamarind-based soups and sometimes enrichen with beef stock. Quite often, the recipe also includes corn.
The origin of the dish can be traced to Sundanese people of West Java, Banten and Jakarta region. It is well-known belongs within Sundanese cuisine and Betawi daily diet. Several variations exist including sayur asem Jakarta (a version from the Betawi people of Jakarta), sayur asem kangkung (a version which includes water spinach), sayur asem ikan asin (includes salted fish, usually snakehead murrel), and sayur asem kacang merah (consists of red beans and green beans in tamarind and beef stock). The Karo version of sayur asem is made using torch ginger buds and, more importantly, the sour-tasting seed pods. The sweet and sour flavour of this dish is considered refreshing and very compatible with fried or grilled dishes, including fish and lalapan, a kind of vegetable salad usually raw but can also be cooked, and is usually eaten with sambal terasi. |
LalabLalab or Lalap is a Sundanese raw vegetable salad served with sambal terasi. It is originated from West Java, Indonesia. Originally it is made from any available edible young leafs and raw vegetables know by Sundanese since ancient times. However today most of Lalab consists of sliced cabbage, cucumber, lettuce, green bean, yardlong bean, tomato, leunca, lemon basil and small green eggplant. Sometimes another exotic vegetables also used in lalab, such as green stinky petai and jengkol bean.[1]
The dressing for this salad usually is sambal terasi served directly from the stone mortar as a spicy dipping sauce for these assorted lalab raw vegetables. Today lalab is popular throughout Indonesia. It is usually served as vegetable side-dish next to the main course, such as fried or grilled chicken, pepes, pecel lele (fried catfish), fried gourami, and many other fried or grilled fish. |