Simple Menu, Gado Gado

Plate of Gado gado

Explicitly, gado gado means “mix” or medley, is a kind of Indonesian huge salad, easily found and sold by street vendors all over the country.  Promoted as 1 of 5 exotic and indigenous food from Indonesia. “Eaters” freely to select variety of seasonal vegetables, carbohydrate and proteins to put in their plate. 

Many vegetables included, either steamed, cooked or raw. Some of steamed vegetables are carrot, broccoli, and green beaned; cooked vegetables are bean sprout and cabbages (red and green) finely shredded. 

Eggs and tofu as source of protein. Hardboiled eggs are sliced, and fried tofu are cubed, suitable enough to be arranged in the plate. Lontong (rice wrapped) or potatoes as carbohydrate sources.   

Then, all selected vegetable, protein and carbohydrates coated (mixed) with dressing, or dressing is scattered on the top of plate, let consumers mixed by themselves. Dressing made of peanut butter blended with ingredients such as onions, ginger, coconut or palm sugar, chilies, salt, shrimp paste and tamarind. 

The dressing has combined tastes of spicy, savory and sweet. Gado gado eaten with “kerupuk” (crunchy things) like crackers (prawn taste crackers, rice crackers). Crunchy things are final touching of serving gado gado. Just try it.