13 Most Popular Indonesian Vegetarian Dishes
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- 05 Aug 2022
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Vegetarians may need to try something new to satisfy their palate, as vegetarian food can be boring. If you want to level up your vegetarian experience, you might want to try different vegetarian food from other countries, such as Indonesian vegetarian food.
Even if you are not a vegetarian by heart, you might still want to try Indonesian vegetarian food should you visit Indonesia one day. Here are some of the Indonesian foods that you can eat as a main meal, appetizer, or as a side dish.
Indonesian Vegetarian Dishes
Gado Gado
Gado-gado means “mix-mix” when translated to English. It is a combination of different vegetables that is drizzled with freshly made peanut sauce. The dish is mainly composed of sliced deep fried tofu and tempe or Indonesia’s fragmented soybeans.
Boiled, blanched or steamed vegetables such as potato, cucumber, bean sprouts, spinach, string beans, cabbage, lettuce are then added before pouring the peanut sauce as a dressing. The peanut sauce is made of ground fried peanuts, chili, salt, lime juice and leaves, palm sugar and sweet soy sauce, and water.
Gado Gado is usually served with lontong or rice wrapped in banana leaf, emping (an Indonesian style fried crackers that are made from melinjo or gnetum gnemon), and kerupuk or cracker. Fried shallots and boiled egg can be added as toppings as well.
Tahu or Tofu
This popular food in Indonesia is one of the vegetarian side dishes. Tofu is usually marinated in a mixture of sugar and coconut milk before deep frying. In Indonesia, tofu dishes are popular and they use tofu as their main ingredient. It is served with white rice or vegetable soup. Read More...
