Original from Chinese. In Indonesia selling every where.
Ingredients :
150 g wheat flour, sifted
1/2 tsp instant yeast
A pinch of salt
100 ml tepid water
3 Tbs wheat flour, 30 g, for dusting
400 ml cooking oil, for frying
Sauce :
2 cloves garlic, 10 g
2 red chillies, 20 g
2 red tomatoes, 200 g
2 Tbs cooking oil, 20 ml, for stir frying
500 ml water
1 tsp salt, 4 g (or to taste)
3 Tbs granulated sugar, 30 g
2 tsp vinegar
Method :
- Mix wheat flour, instant yeast, and salt. Pour in tepid water and knead until the dough is smooth and elastic. Cover with a clean moist napkin and let stand for about 25 minutes until double in bulk.
- On floured surface shape dough into a rectangle of 10 x 30 cm in measure. Cut in 1 cm pieces. Take each time 2 pieces of dough and stack together. Fry until done and brownish. Take from flame and drain.
- To make sauce: Make garlic, red chillies, and tomato into a paste. Stir fry until aromatic, pour in water, let come to a boil. Season with salt, granulated sugar, and vinegar. Let come to a boil again and strain. Serve cakue with sauce of step 3.
Note : 4 servings
Source : Magazine Selera, made in Indonesia. April 1994
