File:Pedagang pentol.jpeg, Pentol seller
File:Pentol bakar.jpg, Grilled pentol
File:Baksotahu1.jpg, Pentol tofu
Tofu (), also known as bean curd in English, is a food prepared by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into solid white blocks of varying softness; it can be ''silken'', ''soft'', ''firm'', ''extra firm'' or ''super f ...
Pentol is a type of snack which can be found in
Indonesia
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- it's a type of meatballs with flour, usually given with
peanut sauce
Peanut sauce, satay sauce (saté sauce), ''bumbu kacang'', ''sambal kacang'', or ''pecel '' is an Indonesian sauce made from ground roasted or fried peanuts, widely used in Indonesian cuisine and many other dishes throughout the world.
Peanut ...
or
tomato sauce
Tomato sauce (also known as ''salsa roja'' in Spanish or ''salsa di pomodoro'' in Italian) can refer to many different sauces made primarily from tomatoes, usually to be served as part of a dish, rather than as a condiment. Tomato sauces are c ...
,
soy sauce and
sambal
Sambal is an Indonesian chilli sauce or paste, typically made from a mixture of a variety of chilli peppers with secondary ingredients, such as shrimp paste, garlic, ginger, shallot, scallion, palm sugar, and lime juice. ''Sambal'' is an ...
.
Pentol is often found, especially in
East Java
East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia located in the easternmost hemisphere of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean bord ...
,
Central Java and
Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta (; jv, ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ ; pey, Jogjakarta) is the capital city of Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, ...
. Pentol is usually sold per seed at a price according to the bag, starting from 200 rupiah per seed to 1000 rupiah depending on the size and contents of the pentol, mixed with peanut sauce or tomato sauce and soy sauce. The pentol traders usually sell them by using a cart, motorbike, or bicycle, even by walking and moving depending on the whereabouts of the buyer. The price is cheap and the taste is good and filling is one of the reasons the business of selling pentol is popular in people, especially in rural areas.
See also
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List of meatball dishes
This is a list of notable meatball dishes. A meatball is ground or minced meat rolled into a small ball, sometimes along with other ingredients, such as bread crumbs, minced onion, eggs, butter, and seasoning. Meatballs are cooked by frying, bak ...
References
Indonesian cuisine
Meatballs
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