Today is Cakwe, my favourite street food from Medan, Indonesia. Actually, Medan host a lot of delicious snacks, but this one is my absolute favourite, I will be tempted to buy one everytime I see them sold.
Cakwe is some kind of fried cake, like doughtnut, but it is very different from doughnut. For one thing, donuts in Indonesia is associated with sweet taste, and Cakwe is usually suited the hot/sour taste more. It is also more chewy, and have a very light structure. It was most delicious eaten when freshly deep-fried, and then dipped into the sauce - some kind of unconcentrated hot-and-sweet chilly water - or the sauce poured into it, like what I prefer.
This is eaten by hand, no need to bother to try eating it with cutlery, it is very hard to cut and won't be as yummy. Usually, cakwe is sold with "Kue Bantal", literally translated "Cushion Cake". Sometimes cakwe also become a topping of dishes, cut into small pieces by scissors. One of the most usual dishes topped with cakwe is rice porridge
Name : Cakwe
Type : Fried food, salty cake
Ingedrients : flour, rising agent, salt, sauce is chilly,water and sugar
Price : I usually bought it $1 for 7 pieces, but could be more (Rp 1.500-Rp3000)
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