Brilio.net - When you want to snack, fried foods are often the choice of many people. There are various types of fried foods, such as tofu, banana, cassava, risol, bakwan, to tempeh. One of the people's favorites is tempeh mendoan because it tastes savory, fragrant, and very appetizing, especially when eaten warm.
Tempe mendoan is widely sold in the market, both by fried food vendors, restaurants, and cafes. However, if you have free time, you can make it yourself at home. In addition to being able to adjust the ingredients, you can also enjoy tempe mendoan that is still fresh and warm.
Frying tempeh mendoan is often considered difficult because the dough can absorb a lot of oil if you don't know the trick. Don't worry, a netizen named Ghaziya shared a trick in a video on YouTube Ghaziya Warita. So, what's the trick?
First, prepare all the seasoning ingredients before making the tempeh mendoan dough. Puree the garlic, coriander, and salt using a mortar or blender until completely smooth. Then, cut the spring onions. Ghaziya explained that these spring onions should be increased so that the tempeh mendoan results are fragrant and look beautiful.
photo: YouTube/Ghaziya Warita
Next, just make the dough. In a bowl or basin, add enough flour. Ghaziya uses 10 tablespoons of flour for 10 pieces of tempeh. Next, add the ground spices, flavoring, baking powder, and enough water so that the dough is not too runny or too thick.
"Use baking powder to make it crispy and not oily," explained Ghaziya.
The use of baking powder is indeed very effective in keeping fried foods from being too oily. Reported from dslinc.com, baking powder can produce gas bubbles around the dough later when fried. Well, these gas bubbles are what prevent the absorption of oil in tempe mendoan.
photo: YouTube/Ghaziya Warita
Once the dough is done, put all the tempeh pieces into it. Set aside to prepare the oil in the pan. Use enough oil, then heat it over medium to low heat. Tempeh mendoan can be fried immediately when the oil is really hot.
As reported by cravinghomecooked.com, it is important to fry food in really hot oil so that the fried food does not become soft and absorb too much oil. Then, if the bottom of the tempeh mendoan is already browned, you can turn it over and wait until the tempeh mendoan is cooked completely.
"The level of brownness is adjusted to taste, yes," said Ghaziya.
photo: YouTube/Ghaziya Warita
After the tempeh mendoan is cooked, drain it first, then serve with soy sauce and chili sauce. How, the trick is really easy, right? Peeking at the comments column on Ghaziya Warita's YouTube upload, a number of netizens admitted that they were enthusiastic about wanting to make tempeh mendoan at home using this trick. This upload has also been watched more than 18 thousand times.
"Because of the rain... I wanted to make mendoan... when I got this recipe, I immediately started practicing... it didn't take long, after frying it was finished... heheheeee," said YouTube Maria Margaretta.
"Thank you very much, sis.. I just found out the secret to crispy, savory fried food like this. Always be successful, sis.. , " said YouTube KiraChan.
"Wow, tempeh mendoan hujan hujan is delicious," said YouTuber Zahrabell.