Tahu gejrot — tofu with spicy sauce

Name: Tahu gejrot — tofu with spicy sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 3 cloves of garlic; 300 ml water; 4 shallots; 4 tbsp kecap manis; 12 bird’s eye chillies; 1 pinch of salt — optional; 100 g palm sugar; 3 cloves of tamarind pod; 15 piece of pre-fried Sumedang tofu

Asian
Indonesian
Main course
Spicy

Fried tofu served with a sweet and sour sauce made with tamarind, palm sugar and chillies.

Active time20 min

Cooking10 min

Total25 min

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Ingredients

3 cloves of garlic
4 shallots
300 ml water
1 pinch of salt — optional
100 g palm sugar
15 pieces of pre-fried Sumedang tofu
4 tbsp kecap manis
12 bird’s eye chillies
3 tamarind pods

Preparation

Step completed · 1
Peel the garlic and shallots. Wash the chillies, then deseed them to reduce the heat if desired. Crush everything in a mortar.
Step completed · 2
Remove the tamarind shells. Heat the palm sugar with the tamarind pulp and water at a gentle simmer for 10 minutes. Strain to remove the seeds and fibres.
Step completed · 3
Pour the strained sauce over the aromatics. Add the kecap manis and optional salt, then mix.
Step completed · 4
Cut the tofu diagonally, then gently press each piece to squash its centre slightly.
Step completed · 5
Arrange the tofu on a plate and pour the sweet and spicy sauce over it.

Allergens

Gluten
Soy

Sources and credits

Photo: Au Menu — created with ImageGen at Roch’s request · Editorial permission from Roch for Au Menu; OpenAI terms

Au Menu · AI-generated illustration

Recipe translated and adapted from Wikibooks and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Adaptation éditoriale : Routine photos quotidienne autorisée par Roch : vingt nouvelles recettes et vingt versions corrigées publiées sans photo le 20 octobre 2026. Anciennes images conservées dans leur historique. Revue technique et visuelle, compositions variées, textes et modèles conservés ; aucun essai en cuisine revendiqué.

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