cilok spicy sauce (instagram.com/jurnal_dapurtiara)
Cilok is a typical street food of West Java. Even though it is food from an area, now cilok can be found in various parts of Indonesia. The hallmark of cilok is that it is often eaten with sauce or peanut sauce. However, you can also create cilok by serving it with gravy.
Offering a chewy and savory texture, this spicy food is guaranteed to warm the body. You can present cilok with spicy sauce as a mood-boosting snack by making it like the recipe below. Come on, listen and apply!
1. The ingredients for making the gravy cilok
illustration of tapioca flour for the basic ingredients of cilok dough (freepik.com/jcomp)Cilok Material:
- 12 tbsp tapioca flour
- 7 tbsp flour
- 1 ½ cups of water
- 1 spring onion, finely sliced
- 1 clove garlic, grated
- salt to taste
- powdered pepper to taste
- flavoring to taste
Soup ingredients:
- 6 red bird's eye chilies
- 5 curly red chilies
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 cm kencur
- 1 stalk of green onion
- enough water
- salt to taste
- flavoring to taste
2. Knead the dough until smooth
illustration of kneading dough (pexels.com/@cristian-rojas)Before making the dough, boil 1 ½ cups of water in a pan until it boils. While waiting for it to boil, mix the tapioca flour, wheat flour, green onions, garlic, salt, pepper and seasoning in a bowl and stir well.
When the water is boiling, immediately pour it into the mixture. Pour boiling water little by little into the mixture while stirring until smooth. Next, knead the dough until smooth and can be formed.
3. The shape of the dough is round
illustration of forming dough balls (pexels.com/Felicity Tai)After the dough is smooth and can be formed, stop the process of kneading the dough. The next step is to form the cilok dough. Take enough dough, then form it round. Do it until the dough runs out.
Next, place the dough balls into a pot of boiling water. Boil cilok dough until cooked. The dough will float when it's done. Turn off the fire, remove and drain.
4. Sauté the seasoning for the gravy until cooked
illustration of sautéing spices for cilok sauce (pixabay.com/XiaosKitchen)To make cilok sauce, grind red bird's eye chilies, curly red chilies, garlic, and kencur. Grind or blend according to taste, yes. Then, put the spices into a pan filled with hot oil.
Sauté the spices and spring onions until fragrant and cooked. After the spices are cooked then add water, salt, and flavoring. Stir well then let the cilok sauce boil.
5. Cilok sauce is ready to be served
cilok spicy sauce (instagram.com/jurnal_dapurtiara) Don't forget to correct the taste, OK? If it feels right, then add the cilok and continue cooking until the spices are absorbed.
Then, immediately turn off the stove. Then, pour the sauce and cilok into a serving bowl. Cilok sauce is ready to be served while warm with accompaniments according to taste.
This spicy gravy cilok creation is a suitable choice, for those of you who want to enjoy the sensation of savory snacks with spicy gravy. Guaranteed, the sensation of delicacy is different from usual. Good luck!
(irp/Maz)