Cingur salad is a traditional food in Surabaya and is quite accessible when you are sightseeing in this enormous city. As opposed to other salad, you will notice a notable ingredient in this salad which is nontrivial, the cingur. Cingur is the centerpiece materials of cingur salad which denotes several pieces of cow's snout. Multiple chunks of cingur are simmered first until the texture is chewy hence when blended with the salad flavoring and other ingredients, it will be heavenly. Nevertheless, it is possible that not individuals can tolerate the texture of cingur, however, if you're a connoisseur of beef tongue, beef gravel, and beef tallow, I guarantee you'll adore this dish!
Subsequently, you might be curious as to what other additions are in cingur salad besides the cingur? Let me be straight, as I have figured out, cingur salad is commonly categorized into two: namely vegetable salad and fruit salad. If you crave for the fruit salad anon you will be given chunks of fresh and delicious fruits such as young mango, pineapple, jicama, papaya, hot great plum, tofu, tempeh, and of course the cingur that is intensified to it. And if you demand vegetable salad, you will hustle plenty of healthy vegetables such as sliced cucumber, krai (bitter melon, a type of cucumber in East Java), rice cake, tofu, tempeh, kale leaves, bean sprouts, long beans, and not to be missed the cingur. Moreover, share your personal preference of cingur salad with me in the feedback forum!
Finally, it's time for all those nutritious elements to be combined with sauce consisting of shrimp paste, palm sugar, tamarind, chili, fried peanuts, fried shallots and salt. And if you're a fiery lover of spicy dishes, later you've found this dish that will become your favorite. Can you even fathom the aroma of fruits and vegetables combined with this spicy condiment? In terms of display, of course, cingur salad is mouthwatering as it blends the different colors of our gorgeous tropical fruits and vegetables.
Furthermore, as a hint, this dish is best eaten for a packed lunch. Therefore, if you're in Surabaya and haven't had lunch yet, hunt down the closest cingur salad vendor and savor the decadence.
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Unique Food in My Hometown
Non-FictionBecause I live in Surabaya, I would like to present the iconic food in this city. It is called Cingur Salad or Rujak Cingur.