Rujak Petis Surabaya (Surabayanese Mixed Salad with Shrimp Paste Peanut Sauce)

Actually real version of this dish is Rujak Cingur, but since I didn’t use any cingur (cow’s nose that is :P) I couldn’t use the same title.

Rujak Petis Surabaya

For 4 persons

Ingredients:
– 100gr bean sprout
– 100 gr water spinach
– 150 gr long beans
– 1 block of tofu
– 1 block of tempe
– 1 cucumber
– 1 jicama
– 1 mango
– 1 pineapple
– Shrimp cracker
– Rice cake

For the Sambal Petis:
– 100gr fried peanuts
– 2 bird’s eye chili (less or more depending on your taste buds)
– 1 tsp tamarind water
– 2-3 tbs petis udang (shrimp paste)
– 1/2 tsp terasi (dried shrimp paste)
– Some shredded palm sugar
– Some water
– Salt

Directions:
– Cut, cleaned and blanced the vegetables.
– Cut and deep fried tofu and tempe.
– Cut and cleaned the fruits.
– Pound the sambal petis ingredients in a pestle and mortar. Adjust the taste to your liking.
– In a plate put some rice cake, vegetables, tofu and tempe, fruits. Topped with sambal petis.
– Served with shrimp crackers.

Rujak Petis Surabaya