Cireng (Oyster Mushroom Cireng)

Cireng - Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti / Acik Mdy

Cireng is one of the traditional food/ snack from Indonesia. It’s a good one for afternoon tea guys… Sometimes I want to eat traditional food from Indonesia. But, the only way is…I must cook it by myself so I have to try when I failed I must try again. So this is my way to make my wish, cireng! Let’s check it out…

Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti / Acik Mdy

To make Cireng :

Seasoning :

• 2 cloves of garlic- mash these!
• Add salt as you like (1/2 ttsp or 1 ttsp)
• 1-2 ttsp white pepper powder

Ingredients :

• 15 spoons of tapioca (I use super quality tapioca)
• 3 spoons of flour
• 5 spoons of tapioca to coat
• 250ml-300ml Boiled water
• 2 small oyster mushrooms- cut as you like
• Handful onion leaves (cut it first)
• Canola oil (to fry cireng)

These are what you do…

• Take a bowl, place tapioca, flour, onion leaves, oyster mushroom, salt, white pepper powder, garlic that you mashed
• Pour water slowly…Stir this dough
• Spread tapioca in a trays
• Take one spoon dough, roll it in trays to coat your dough. Take it by hand, make a ball and press a little a bit. take a side.. Repeat this until your dough empty
• Heat oil on medium flame. Deep-fry your dough, drain in paper towel. Take aside

Cireng - Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti / Acik Mdy

Make Cireng Sauce :

Ingredients :

• 800 ml of water
• 4-5 dark soy sauce
• 3-5 seedless tamarind
• add salt as you like
• 5 red chilies padi (if you like spicy) – Mash these chilies
• 2 cloves garlic – chop it
• 1 baby cucumber – chop it

How to make Cireng sauce :

• Turn on the stove on  medium flame
• Place heavy pan or wok. Pour water, dark soy sauce, add garlic that you chopped, add chilies that you mashed, add seedless tamarind, and add salt. Let it boil
• Add baby cucumber, stir them for few minutes (about 3-5 minutes)
• Turn off the stove

Cireng sauce - Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti / Acik Mdy

How to serve Cireng with sauce…

• Place small plate
• Place cireng first, then pour it with sauce… Done!
• Enjoy  your afrternoon tea with Indonesia traditional snack

What do you think about this snack?? Looks great, huh??… I like this snack! After many years…finally, I can eat this snack again… Of course, cook by myself Have a nice day everyone!

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