Rujak Cingur (Indonesian Cow Snout Salad)
Rujak cingur is a traditional food from Surabaya, Indonesia. This dish is made from cingur (cow's snout) and vegetables, which are drizzled with peanut sauce or petis sauce.
Servings
1
2 tablespoons fried peanuts
2 cloves of fried garlic
3 bird’s eye chiles, or to taste
1 tablespoon palm sugar
½ teaspoon terasi shrimp paste
½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons of petis shrimp paste
Tamarind water as needed
100 grams boiled or fried cow’s snout (cingur)
1 bunch of water spinach (kangkung), leaves picked and boiled
100 grams boiled bean sprouts (taoge)
1 cucumber, sliced
1 slice of fried tempeh
1 slice of fried tofu
1 lontong rice cake, cut into pieces as desired
250 grams kerupuk crackers
Prepare all the ingredients in advance.
To make the sauce, grind the fried peanuts, garlic, chiles, palm sugar, terasi, and salt together until smooth.
Add the petis suace and tamarind water as needed. Mix until well blended.
Arrange all the ingredients for assembly onto a serving plate, starting with the cingur, then water spinach, bean sprouts, cucumber, tempeh, tofu, and rice cake.
Drizzle the sauce over the ingredients, and top with the crackers.