TAHU TEK

2.TAHU TEK is one of the typical food of Surabaya. TAHU tek consists of half-baked fried tofu and rice cake are cut into small pieces with scissors and a fork tool to hold out or rice cake, fried potatoes, little sprouts, and slices of cucumber diced length (such as pickles), then after doused with condiments topped, sprinkled crackers udangyang small shape with a diameter of about 3 cm.

Chunks of tofu and rice cake then doused with condiments made ​​of paste, to taste of boiled water, peanuts, peppers, and garlic. Seasoning pulverized, crushed while stirring with the pestle in a mortar made ​​of a large sunken stone (shaped like a large bowl), until the spices should be very thick. Used paste paste dariSidoarjo recommended, because it feels more comfortable and appropriate native of the region of origin (directly adjacent to the Sidoarjo Surabaya).

Named TAHU tek because scissors are used to cut food ingredients (tofu, rice cake, potatoes, and eggs) sounded as if cutting continues, although the food has been cut out, so it sounds like tek .. tek .. tek.