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Karedok is the Sundanese salad (another Bandung food). Not to be confused with the ubiquitous Gado-Gado (Indonesian salad with peanut dressing), Karedok is the Sundanese take on the salad with peanut dressing. The main difference is, vegetables in Gado-Gado is cooked, but in Karedok, is raw. Moreover, Karedok has more bite to it and definitely more spicy. Here is the original recipe:

ingredients:

Vegetables
* 100 g cucumber,
* 100 g bean sprouts
* 3 cabbage leaves
* 100 g string beans
* 25 g basil leaves

Sauce
* 2 red chilies
* 1 cloves garlic
* 5 small chilies
* 1/2 tsp kencur
* 200 g peanuts, roast
* 1 tbs tamarind juice
* 1 tbs palm sugar (or brown sugar)
* 1 tsp salt
* 1/2 tsp shrimp paste
* 1-2 tbs vinegar
* 150 cc hot water

Garnish
* fried emping chips or kerupuk

Directions:
1. Parboil beansprouts and string beans.
2. Slice cucumber, cut string beans into 3cm pieces, and chop cabbage leaves into
pieces.
3. Grind red chilies, garlic, small chilies, kencur, peanuts, palm sugar, salt shrimp
paste and vinegar in a blender.
4. Add tamarind juice and hot water into 3 and mix until smooth.
5. Mix all the vegetables and Serves with fried emping or krupuk on top.

Batagor is a real invention of Bandung and one of the most popular as well. The base of the recipe is a 'golden oldie' call baso tahu siomay fish and / tahu (tofu) meatballs in a tasty broth. Indonesians driven innovation to modify this dish of boiling balls instead of frying. This marked the birth of ba-ta-gor: baso tahu goreng, literally 'tahu (tofu) fried meatballs. "

The base consists of fried snapper fillet tahu mixed with flour and tapioca. It is then coated in kulit pangsit (dumpling wrappers) which equates to roll the leaves of spring. They are presented in two different varieties. It can be served either dry or in a broth. The dry version is prepared with a bowl of spicy peanut sauce, sweet soy sauce and a sprinkle of lemon juice. The version is bathed in a thick broth sambal soup and soy sauce. Both versions are equally yummy and two constrasting too. The tasty broth and peanut sauce is so addictive that you'll find yourself craving more.