Tauge goreng ( Indonesian for "fried bean sprouts") is an Indonesian savoury

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dish made of

stir-fried Stir frying () is a cooking technique in which ingredients are fried in a small amount of very hot oil while being stirred or tossed in a wok. The technique originated in China and in recent centuries has spread into other parts of Asia and t ...

''tauge'' (

bean sprout Sprouting is the natural process by which seeds or spores germinate and put out shoots, and already established plants produce new leaves or buds, or other structures experience further growth. In the field of nutrition, the term signifies ...

s) with slices of

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, ''

ketupat ''Kupat'' (in Javanese and Sundanese), ''ketupat'' (in Indonesian and Malay), or ''tipat'' (in Balinese) is a Javanese rice cake packed inside a diamond-shaped container of woven palm leaf pouch, Originating in Indonesia, it is also fou ...

'' or ''

lontong Lontong is an Indonesian dish made of compressed rice cake in the form of a cylinder wrapped inside a banana leaf, commonly found in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Rice is rolled inside a banana leaf and boiled, then cut into small cakes as ...

'' rice cake and yellow noodles, served in a spicy ''

oncom Oncom ( Aksara Sunda: ; IPA: ) is one of the traditional staple foods of West Java ( Sundanese) cuisine of Indonesia. There are two kinds of oncom: red oncom and black oncom. Oncom is closely related to tempeh; both are foods fermented using mold. ...

''-based sauce. ''Tauge goreng'' is a specialty of Jakarta and Bogor city,

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. It is usually sold as street food using ''pikulan'' (carrying pole) or ''gerobak'' (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.

Ingredients

''Tauge goreng'' is a vegetarian dish, because it contains no elements of animal-based ingredients. The main ingredient is the ''tauge'' or mung bean sprouts. Usually the bean sprout are cooked in front of customer using small and simple stove. The bean sprouts are not stir fried in cooking oil, but in small amount of boiling water instead. Then the slices of

, yellow noodles, and slices of ''

'' or ''

'' rice cake are added, stir fried, mixed and heated together. Then the savoury and spicy ''

''-based sauce is poured upon the cooked ingredients. The ''oncom''-based sauce is made by stir-frying ground ''oncom'' in small amount of

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with

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, including ground

galangal Galangal () is a common name for several tropical rhizomatous spices. Differentiation The word ''galangal'', or its variant ''galanga'' or archaically ''galingale'', can refer in common usage to the aromatic rhizome of any of four plant spec ...

, ''salam'' leaf (Indonesian bayleaf), slices of

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scallion Scallions (also known as spring onions or green onions) are vegetables derived from various species in the genus '' Allium''. Scallions generally have a milder taste than most onions and their close relatives include garlic, shallot, leek, c ...

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, ''

tauco Tauco, Taucu, Taotjo or Tauchu () is a paste made from preserved fermented yellow soybeans in Chinese Indonesian and Malaysian cuisines. Tauco is made by boiling yellow soybeans, grinding them, mixing them with flour and fermenting them in orde ...

'' (fermented soybean paste), ''

kecap manis Sweet soy sauce ( id, kecap manis) is a sweetened aromatic soy sauce, originating in Indonesia, which has a darker color, a viscous syrupy consistency and a molasses-like flavor due to the generous addition of palm sugar or jaggery. ''Kecap manis ...

'' (sweet soy sauce),

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juice, and salt. ''Oncom'' is bright orange-colored fermented crushed beans similar to ''

tempeh Tempeh or tempe (; jv, ꦠꦺꦩ꧀ꦥꦺ, témpé, ) is a traditional Indonesian food made from fermented soybeans. It is made by a natural culturing and controlled fermentation process that binds soybeans into a cake form. A fungus, '' Rhiz ...

'', but made from different fungi. It is especially popular ingredient in Sundanese cuisine. The ''oncom''-based sauce is also used in Bogor version of ''

laksa Laksa is a spicy noodle dish popular in Southeast Asia. Laksa consists of various types of noodles, most commonly thick rice noodles, with toppings such as chicken, prawn or fish. Most variations of laksa are prepared with a rich and spicy coco ...

'', thus their taste are quite similar. The ''oncom''-based sauce giving an earthy nutty flavour to the dish.

Variants

The most popular ''tauge goreng'' in Indonesia is the West Javan version, which uses ''oncom'' 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 called ''taugeh goreng''. However, this Malaysian version is a lot simpler, which only consists of beansprouts stir fried with chopped shallot, garlic and chili in soy sauce. 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 (without ''lontong'' rice cake, noodle, ''oncom'' and ''tauco'' sauce) is usually mixed with diced tofu instead, and it is called ''gehu'', which is abbreviation of ''taoge'' and ''tahu'' or ''tumis tahu taoge''. It is also a popular simple home cooking, and not a street food. Another variant of stir fried beansprouts uses ''ikan asin'' (

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) or ''teri Medan'' (Medan's

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) to add savoury and salty flavour.

References

External links

Taoge goreng recipe from Femina
(in Indonesian)
Video of how to make Tauge Goreng from Youtube
{{Indonesian cuisine Betawi cuisine Sundanese cuisine Vegetarian dishes of Indonesia Street food in Indonesia

Ingredients

Variants

See also

References

External links