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Lotek

🇮🇩 A dish from Indonesia

Lotek, a dish from Indonesia
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Lotek is a Javanese (Indonesian) vegetable-based salad with peanut sauce. While the sauce ingredients are the same with that of pecel, lotek sauce is typically much sweeter to taste, a nod to a classic "Matraman" cuisine.

What gives it away

🥘Main ingredientsmixed vegetables, peanuts, palm sugar, garlic, chili, tamarind
🔥Cooking methodblanched vegetables tossed in ground peanut sauce
👅Flavour & stylesweet, savory, mildly spicy peanut dressing
🕒When it’s eatenserved as a light meal or lunch dish

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Lotek come from?
Lotek is a dish that originated in Indonesia.
What is Lotek?
Lotek is a Javanese (Indonesian) vegetable-based salad with peanut sauce. While the sauce ingredients are the same with that of pecel, lotek sauce is typically much sweeter to taste, a nod to a classic "Matraman" cuisine.