bakwan: Cabbage fritters, Jakarta
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bakwan

Indonesian vegetable fritters, or gorengan, made with bean sprouts, shredded cabbage, and carrots in a batter of flour, corn starch, and sago or tapioca, then deep-fried in cooking oil for a crisp texture.

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Bakwan are usually sold by traveling street vendors. The ingredients are vegetables—usually bean sprouts, shredded cabbage and carrots—battered and deep-fried in cooking oil. To achieve a crispy texture, the batter uses a mixture of flour, corn starch and sago or tapioca. In West Java bakwan is known as bala-bala and in Semarang is called badak. It is similar to Japanese yasai tenpura, Korean pajeon, Bruneian cucur, Indian pakora, Burmese a-kyaw, Caribbean pholourie or Filipino ukoy.

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