Karedok
Karedok is a raw vegetable salad in
peanut sauce from West Java, Indonesia. It is one
of the Sundanese signature dish. It is made from
cucumbers, bean sprouts, cabbage, legumes, Thai
basil, and small green eggplant, covered in peanut
sauce dressing. It is very similar to gado-gado,
except all the vegetables are raw, while most of
gado-gado vegetables are boiled, and it uses kencur,
Thai basil and eggplant. Karedok is also known as
lotek atah (raw lotek or raw gado-gado) for its
fresh and raw version of the vegetable covered with
peanut sauce. Karedok is widely served as daily
food in the Sundanese family, usually eaten with
hot rice, tofu, tempeh and krupuk. Nowadays karedok
can be found in many variation from hawkers carts,
stalls (warung) as well as in restaurants and hotels
both in Indonesia and worldwide.
Karedok is part of a wide range of Indonesian dressing
and salad combinations, along with lotek, pecel
and gado-gado. In many places, to retain authenticity
in both the production and flavor, the peanut sauce
is made in individual batches, in front of the customers.
However, since the dish has gained popularity (because
of the increase of Asian-themed restaurants) Karedok
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. Nowadays
in supermarket and stores, many peanut seasoning
for karedok are made and sold.
(Source: Wikipedia.org)
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