Nasi Rawon
Destinasi Pariwisata Indonesia-Rawon
or Nasi Rawon/Rawon Rice (when served with rice) is a strong rich tasting
traditional Indonesian beef black soup. Originally from Surabaya in Indonesian
province of East Java. It uses black nuts/keluak (Pangeum edule, fruits of
kepayang tree) as the main seasoning which gives the strong nutty flavor and
dark color to the soup.
The
soup is made of ground mixture of garlic, shallot, keluak, ginger, candlenut,
turmeric, red chili and salt sauteed with oil until it gets aromatic. The
sauteed mixture is then poured into boiled beef stock with diced beef.
Lemongrass, galangal, bay leaves, kaffir lime leaves and sugar are then added
as seasonings.[2] The special dark or black color of rawon comes from the
keluak as the main spice. The soup is usually garnished with green onion and
fried shallot, and served with rice, hence the name rawon rice or Nasi Rawon in
Indonesian language, together with baby bean sprouts, salted preserved egg,
shrimp crackers and sambal chili sauce on the side.
Pictured
here is rawon setan (Devil's rawon), a popular rawon dish from Surabaya. The
reason for this nickname is that the warung (stall) that sells this rawon dish
is open from midnight to dawn just like the time when they say devils come out.
The rawon setan stall is quite popular in Surabaya
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