Chinese Rojak
Minggu, 29 Oktober 2017
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Chinese rojak is a pop snack nutrient inwards Singapore in addition to Malaysia. It's a medley of fruits, vegetables, beancurd puffs in addition to dough fritters tossed alongside a sauce that's sweet, savory, spicy in addition to nutty. It also has a exceptional fragrance from finely minced rojak flower, which is the bloom bud of torch ginger.
Last weekend, I tried my manus at making rojak. I stirred bowl afterwards bowl afterwards bowl of rojak sauce, trying to discovery ane I liked.
The showtime fault I made was alongside the tamarind water. I followed the rojak recipe inwards "The Best of Singapore Cooking", mixing a walnut size blob of assam alongside lxxx ml of water. That totally spoilt the sauce because it was agency also watery.
I had to trim back the total of water, in addition to larn out out the lime juice inwards the recipe. Otherwise, I couldn't larn a thick in addition to glutinous consistency.
My 2d mistake? The sauce turned watery over again afterwards I mixed it alongside fruits. The culprit this fourth dimension was the (rather) expensive "crystal" pineapple I had bought. It was ideal for eating straight, but also juicy for making rojak.
The color of the sauce wasn't correct either. It should live most dark or really nighttime brown, but mine was to a greater extent than similar a medium brown.
Also, the fermented prawn glue didn't gustation right, inwards a I-can't-put-my-finger-on-it-but-it's-not-quite-right sort of way.
I was into my 3rd bowl of rojak sauce – making, non eating – in addition to on a roll. Off I trotted to a minimart to await for a dissimilar construct of fermented prawn paste.
"This is the ane rojak hawkers use!" the friendly shopkeeper assured me, belongings upward a scarlet in addition to bluish plastic tub that said "TWO BOYS BRAND".
"Really ah?" I bought prawn paste, summation a cheap, greenish in addition to hopefully non in addition to then juicy pineapple.
On the 4th attempt, I finally nailed it alongside the assist of the 2 novel ingredients.
The sauce tasted quite similar to the famous rojak inwards Balestier (the ane Chow Yun Fat goes to). Rojak mission accomplished!
Rojak sauce may live mixed alongside anything you lot like. Besides the ingredients listed below, other pop choices include greenish apples, blanched edible bean sprouts, blanched kangkong, buah kedongdong, cured jellyfish, cured squid, etc.
INGREDIENTS
INSTRUCTIONS
INGREDIENTS
- 150 g bangkuang (turnip, yam bean, jicama, 沙葛)
- 150 g cucumber
- 80 g nether ripe pineapple
- 80 g greenish mango
- 100 g jambu (rose apples)
- 1 brace you lot zha kueh (Chinese dough fritters, 油条) – toast till crisp only earlier serving, cutting seize alongside teeth size
- 4 pieces tau pok (beancurd puffs, 豆卜) – toast till crisp only earlier serving, cutting seize alongside teeth size
- 90 g fermented prawn paste
- 60 g tamarind glue (Orchid brand) – add together three tbsp hot water, mix thoroughly, discard seeds
- peel of ½ calamansi lime, finely minced
- 1 packed tbsp torch ginger bud (bunga kantan, rojak flower), finely minced
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp chilli powder, or to taste
- ½ loving cup toasted peanuts (80 g), skinless, in addition to coarsely ground
INSTRUCTIONS
- To construct rojak sauce, thoroughly mix all ingredients except peanuts till saccharide melts. Add all terra firma peanuts except for 2 tbsp in addition to stir till evenly mixed. You should receive got 1 loving cup of glutinous sauce that's equally thick equally peanut butter. Taste in addition to if necessary add together to a greater extent than saccharide or chilli powder.
- Toss everything, adding toasted dough fritters in addition to beancurd puffs towards the halt in addition to then that they don't plow soggy. Plate in addition to sprinkle alongside remaining peanuts. Serve immediately.