Tahu Taugé

Description
A crispy indonesian salad with tofu, cucumber and beansprouts. This is my favourite salad!



Ingredients

 * 375 gr (3/4 lb) tofu (tahoe)
 * 5 tbsp chopped onion
 * 1 cucumber, thinly slilced
 * 100gr (4oz) beansprouts (taugé)
 * 1tbsp freshly grated root ginger
 * 4 tbsp sweet soy sauce (ketjap manis)
 * 2 tbsp vinegar
 * 1 tbsp sugar
 * 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves (silantro)
 * 1/4 teasp ground coriander seeds (ketumbar)
 * 8 tbsp vegetable oil
 * 2 tsp sweet red pepper sauce or 1 tsp sambal oelek
 * some salt

Directions
Cut the tofu in 0,5 inch (1,5cm) thick slices. Heat 4tbsp of oil and bake the tofu slices golden on both sides in about 6 minutes. Cool down and cut into squares. Bake the onion in oil in 5-10 minutes. Slice the cucumber thinly, sprinkle on some salt, put in a collander and cover with a weighed down plate. After 30 minutes rinse the cucumber, and let the water drip of. Put the beansprouts in a collander, and pour boiling water over them, let the acces drip of. Put the ginger, garlic, ground coriander, pepper/sambal and sugar in a pestle and mortar, and ground to a paste. Add vinegar and soysauce and stir it to a nice sauce. Make individual plate's (4-6) or on big. Put tufo on the plate, and on top of that cucumber and beansprouts. drizzle over the sauce. Sprinkle fried onions and chopped coriander leaves on top.