🍜 Tastedle

tongseng

🇮🇩 A dish from Indonesia

tongseng, a dish from Indonesia
Gunawan Kartapranata · CC BY-SA 3.0

Tongseng is an Indonesian goat meat, mutton or beef stew dish in curry-like soup, with vegetables and kecap manis. Tongseng is commonly found in the Indonesian region of Central Java; from Surakarta to Yogyakarta.

What gives it away

🥘Main ingredientsgoat or beef, sweet soy sauce, vegetables, curry spices, coconut, shallots
🔥Cooking methodstewed in spiced soup
👅Flavour & stylesweet, savory and mildly spiced
🕒When it’s eatenhearty main dish served with rice

Play Tastedle

Think you can name a dish’s home country from a photo? Try a round:

Frequently asked questions

Where does tongseng come from?
tongseng is a dish that originated in Indonesia.
What is tongseng?
Tongseng is an Indonesian goat meat, mutton or beef stew dish in curry-like soup, with vegetables and kecap manis. Tongseng is commonly found in the Indonesian region of Central Java; from Surakarta to Yogyakarta.