Ketoprak Recipe: Rice Noodles and Vegetable Salad with Peanut Sauce
Celebrate Jakarta's 493rd birthday by cooking your own version of the city's traditional food: Ketoprak!
Taken from Chef Petty Elliott's cooking book, you can now prepare your own version of this healthy food. Ketoprak is a classic dish from Betawi consisting of rice cake, rice noodles and bean sprouts served in peanut sauce. The raw garlic gives this dish a very strong flavour. This dish is composed almost entirely of carbohydrates. I would suggest introducing protein by adding fresh vegetables, and a soft-boiled egg. It should be served with a small portion of rice noodles and a light roasted peanut sauce. Traditionally, fried peanuts are used to make gado-gado and ketoprak sauce, which is not a good idea, as frying negates the health benefits of the legume.
Serves: 4 – 6
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