Dish · indonesian
Gado Gado
A mix of blanched vegetables, boiled potato, and tofu or tempeh, dressed in a thick peanut sauce and often topped with a hard-boiled egg and shrimp crackers.
Where it comes from
The name roughly translates to mix mix, reflecting its origin as a way to use whatever vegetables were on hand, dressed in the peanut sauce that unifies the dish regardless of what goes into it.
What cooks argue about
Cooks argue over the peanut sauce's texture: ground in a mortar for a coarser, oilier sauce, or blended smooth in a food processor, which some argue loses the depth that hand-pounding builds.
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