 Street-side tauge goreng | |
| Alternative names | Taoge goreng, toge goreng |
|---|---|
| Course | Main or snack |
| Place of origin | Indonesia |
| Region or state | Jakarta and Bogor,West Java |
| Serving temperature | Hot |
| Main ingredients | Tauge (bean sprouts) stir-fried with addition of slices ofketupat rice cake,tofu, and noodles, inoncom-based sauce. |
Tauge goreng (Indonesian for "fried bean sprouts") is anIndonesian savouryvegetarian dish made ofstir-friedtauge (bean sprouts) with slices oftofu,ketupat orlontong rice cake andyellow noodles, served in a spicyoncom-based sauce.Tauge goreng is a specialty ofJakarta andBogor city,West Java,Indonesia.[1] It is usually sold as street food usingpikulan (carrying pole) orgerobak (cart) by street vendors. It is a popular street food in Indonesia, especially in Jakarta, and Greater Jakarta areas, including Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi.
Tauge goreng is avegetarian dish, the main ingredient of which is thetauge or mung bean sprouts. Usually the bean sprouts are cooked in front of the customer using a small and simple stove. The bean sprouts are not stir fried in cooking oil, but blanched in small amounts of boiling water instead. Then slices oftofu, yellow noodles, and slices ofketupat orlontong rice cake are added, stir fried, mixed and heated together, after which a savoury and spicyoncom-based sauce is poured upon the cooked ingredients. Thisoncom-based sauce is made by stir-frying groundoncom in small amounts ofvegetable oil withspices, including groundgalangal,salam leaf (Indonesian bayleaf), slices oftomato,scallion,garlic chives,tauco (fermented soybean paste),kecap manis (sweet soy sauce),key lime juice, and salt.[1]
Oncom consists of bright orange-colored fermented crushed beans similar totempeh, but made from different fungi. It is an especially popular ingredient inSundanese cuisine. Theoncom-based sauce is also used in the Bogor version oflaksa, giving it a quite similar taste, theoncom-based sauce giving an earthy nutty flavour to the dish.[1]
The most populartauge goreng in Indonesia is the West Javan version, which usesoncom based sauce as mentioned above. However, there are numbers of stir fried beansprouts variants exist in the archipelago.
In Malaysia, there is a similar-named dish calledtaugeh goreng. However, this Malaysian version is a lot simpler, which only consists of beansprouts stir fried with chopped shallot, garlic and chili insoy sauce.[2] This dish is a simple home cooking, and not sold as a street food in the country.
In Indonesia, this kind of simpler fried beansprout (withoutlontong rice cake, noodle,oncom andtauco sauce) is usually mixed with diced tofu instead, and it is calledgehu, which is abbreviation oftaoge andtahu ortumis tahu taoge. It is also a popular simple home cooking, and not a street food.[3]
Another variant of stir fried beansprouts usesikan asin (salted fish) orteri Medan (Medan'sanchovy) to add savoury and salty flavour.[4]
