Iga penyet ( en, Squeezed ribs) is Indonesian

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— fried

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served with spicy sambal terasi. The fried beef ribs is squeezed against a mortar filled with sambal, and usually served with

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vegetables and

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. It was first popular in East Javanese

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city, and now has spread across Indonesia.

Etymology

In Indonesian ''iga'' means

ribs The rib cage, as an enclosure that comprises the ribs, vertebral column and sternum in the thorax of most vertebrates, protects vital organs such as the heart, lungs and great vessels. The sternum, together known as the thoracic cage, is a semi- ...

, while the term ''penyet'' in Javanese means "to squeeze", which refer to the serving method of squeezing the meat against mortar filled with spicy

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using

pestle Mortar and pestle is a set of two simple tools used from the Stone Age to the present day to prepare ingredients or substances by crushing and grinding them into a fine paste or powder in the kitchen, laboratory, and pharmacy. The ''mortar'' () ...

. This ''penyet'' method of serving dishes is also applied to numbers of other dishes, such as

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penyet,

ayam penyet Ayam penyet ( Javanese for smashed fried chicken) is Indonesian — more precisely East Javanese cuisine — fried chicken dish consisting of fried chicken that is smashed with the pestle against the mortar to make it softer, and is served with ...

(

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penyet) and ayam bakar penyet.

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Iga penyet recipe

{{Indonesian cuisine Javanese cuisine Penyet

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