Kupang Lontong Sidoarjo

Today I was in the town of Sidoarjo, here I met a lot of different culinary specialties is one of the Kupang lontong Sidoarjo. Kupang is the only animal that lives at sea, shaped like the shell, but smaller, about 3-5 mm in diameter, somewhat pale brown body color. If the condition is cooked it on the head is black.

Kupang rice cake served with a sauce, and spices that are used include: garlic thinly sliced ​​(fried), chili, and paste (made ​​of black salad shrimp). Seasonings are mixed and crushed with a spoon on a plate that will be presented. After the mixture was crushed then be diluted with a little sauce, sprinkle stew Kupang, on the top and then add the sliced ​​rice cake plus lentho (a mixture of grated cassava, beans Tolo, shredded coconut, and spices of garlic, coriander, salt, sugar).

Ingredients:
     500 gr Kupang who had to clean (can be used for 15 servings)
     salt to taste
     seasoning to taste

     Supplementary Material Presentation:
     15 pieces of rice cake pieces
     Slices of fried garlic to taste
     Red cayenne pepper to taste
     Sugar to taste
     Lime juice to taste
     salt to taste
     Fried onion to taste
     Kupang paste 15 tablespoons to 15 servings

     How to Make:
     1. Kupang and is clean boiled until cooked, add salt and seasoning to taste.
     2. Set aside.

     How to eat:

     * Slices of fried garlic, red chili, sugar, salt and mashed or crushed Kupang paste with a spoon on a serving plate. Then add a little lemon juice. It is better to re-paste cooked in advance, to avoid things that are not desirable (abdominal pain for those who are sensitive).
     * After that, dilute with a little sauce, sprinkle Kupang (Kupang cooking water).
     * Once the spice mixture is finished, add the rice cake slices on top, then cut Lento.
     * Flush with Kupang on it along with the gravy. For the topping, sprinkle with fried shallots.

     Recipe Lento (cassava cakes)
     Ingredients:     500 gr grated cassava, squeezed the water
     1/2 tsp coriander powder
     1 tsp garlic finely
     1/4 tsp turmeric powder
     1/2 tsp sugar
     1/2 tsp salt
     3 lime leaves finely chopped

     How to Make:
     A. Cassava Mix all ingredients, stirring until blended.
     2. Spherical shape, then flatten.
     3. Steamed and then fried briefly.
     4. set aside
     5. So that does not stick to the steamer, the steamer should be lined with wax paper first.