Cookbook:Rujak Cingur (Indonesian Cow Snout Salad)

Rujak cingur is a traditional food from Surabaya, Indonesia. This dish is made from cingur (cow's snout) and vegetables, which are drizzled with peanut sauce or petis sauce.

Sauce

 * 2 tablespoons fried peanuts
 * 2 cloves of fried garlic
 * 3 bird’s eye chiles, or to taste
 * 1 tablespoon palm sugar
 * ½ teaspoon terasi shrimp paste
 * ½ teaspoon salt
 * 2 tablespoons of petis shrimp paste
 * Tamarind water as needed

Assembly

 * 100 grams boiled or fried cow’s snout (cingur)
 * 1 bunch of water spinach (kangkung), leaves picked and boiled
 * 100 grams boiled bean sprouts (taoge)
 * 1 cucumber, sliced
 * 1 slice of fried tempeh
 * 1 slice of fried tofu
 * 1 lontong rice cake, cut into pieces as desired
 * 250 grams kerupuk crackers

Procedure

 * 1) Prepare all the ingredients in advance.
 * 2) To make the sauce, grind the fried peanuts, garlic, chiles, palm sugar, terasi, and salt together until smooth.
 * 3) Add the petis suace and tamarind water as needed. Mix until well blended.
 * 4) Arrange all the ingredients for assembly onto a serving plate, starting with the cingur, then water spinach, bean sprouts, cucumber, tempeh, tofu, and rice cake.
 * 5) Drizzle the sauce over the ingredients, and top with the crackers.