ketoprak recipe for rice noodles and vegetable salad with peanut sauce

Ketoprak is one of the most iconic and classic delicacy from Betawi. It consists of rice cake, bean sprouts and rice noodles served with peanut sauce. The flavor is made strong by using raw garlic. This dish is mostly composed of carbs. You can add protein in it by using boiled egg and fresh vegetables. It should be served with a small portion of rice noodles and a light roasted peanut sauce. Traditionally, fried peanuts are used to make gado-gado and ketoprak sauce, which is not a good idea, as frying negates the health benefits of the legume.

Recipe for Ketoprak Rice Noodles and Vegetable Salad with Peanut Sauce

Serves: 4 – 6

Ingredients:
• 100gr rice noodles or bee hoon, boiled (Follow the instructions on the packet; normal cooking times is around 2 minutes). After cooking put the noodles into 500ml of ice cold water, drain and set aside. 
• 2 medium-sized organic carrots, peeled and grated into shavings
• 100gr bean sprouts, washed in mineral water
• 4-6 large eggs boiled for 7 minutes from cold water

Sauce:
• 250gr roasted peanuts
• ½ -1 clove of garlic (or as preferred), peeled and roughly chopped
• 3 bird’s eye chillies, cabe rawit merah or your favourite chillies, blanched
• 2 tablespoons palm sugar or brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons sweet soya sauce
• 100 ml water
• 50 ml tamarind water (soak 100g tamarind pulp in 150ml hot water)

Method:

• Preheat the oven to 160ºC. Place the peanuts on a baking tray and cook in the oven for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Alternatively, heat a frying pan on low-medium heat, add the peanuts and cook for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Stir from time to time, and then set aside to cool.

• Place the peanuts into a food processor and process until you have a mixture of finely ground and roughly ground peanuts. Put the garlic, aromatic ginger and chillies in the mortar and grind finely with the pestle. Add half of the peanut mixture, palm sugar and grind until a very thick and sticky mixture is produced.

• Put the mixture into a bowl and add the rest of the ground peanuts from the food processor, mix well.

• Add water and tamarind water little by little until you have a creamy peanut sauce. Season with salt and set aside.

• Mix the rice noodles, grated carrots and bean sprouts well.

• Place them on individual serving plates and garnish with the sliced eggs. Pour the dressing into individual serving glasses, or you can drizzle the dressing over the vegetables and noodles before serving.