Rawon: Indonesian Beef Black Soup

Rawon: Indonesian Beef Black Soup

Rawon is a traditional food from East Java, Indonesia in the form of meat soup with black sauce. The black color of the rawon sauce is made from kluwak and cooked with special spices to produce a distinctive aroma and flavor that is very tempting. rawon is one of the famous traditional food and became one of the culinary icon in East Java.

The meat for rawon is generally a small beef cut. The soup is very typical Indonesian, which is a mixture of onion, garlic, galangal, coriander, lemongrass, turmeric, lombok, kluwak, salt, and vegetable oil. All these ingredients are smoothed, then pan-fried until fragrant. This spice mixture is then put in a meat stew broth along with the meat. Dark color typical rawon comes from kluwak. Abroad, rawon is referred to as black soup.

Rawon: Indonesian Beef Black Soup

Rawon is usually served with warm rice and comes with a small bean sprouts that have been boiled first. For flavor enhancer, can by adding like chives, chili, and lime in accordance with our tastes. rawon is very delicious when eating while warm with other menus such as shrimp crackers, salted eggs, and fried beef or empal.

Rawon has a very distinctive flavor with aroma and taste that is certainly very tempting. In addition to the tender meat, a mixture of sweet, savory and legit in the black sauce has a delicious taste to serve. In addition, the specialty of this rawon is the resulting flavor of this kluwak that gives a strong aroma and taste sensation typical of this traditional food.

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