Rawon

Rawon
Rawon Setan ( Devil's Rawon )
Course main course
Place of origin Indonesia
Region or state Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
Serving temperature hot
Main ingredients meat in keluak soup

Rawon or Nasi Rawon/Rawon Rice (when served with rice) is a strong rich tasting traditional Indonesian beef black soup.[1] Originally from Surabaya in Indonesian province of East Java. It uses black nuts/keluak (Pangeum edule, fruits of kepayang tree) as the main seasoning which gives the strong nutty flavor and dark color to the soup.

Ingredients

The soup is made of ground mixture of garlic, shallot, keluak, ginger, candlenut, turmeric, red chili and salt sauteed with oil until it gets aromatic. The sauteed mixture is then poured into boiled beef stock with diced beef. Lemongrass, galangal, bay leaves, kaffir lime leaves and sugar are then added as seasonings.[2] The special dark or black color of rawon comes from the keluak as the main spice. The soup is usually garnished with green onion and fried shallot, and served with rice, hence the name rawon rice or Nasi Rawon in Indonesian language, together with baby bean sprouts, salted preserved egg, shrimp crackers and sambal chili sauce on the side.

History

Rawon is one of the oldest and the earliest historically identified dish from ancient Java. It was mentioned as rarawwan in ancient Javanese Taji inscription (901 CE) from the era of Mataram Kingdom.[3]

Variants

There are several variants of rawon, the most popular however, is rawon from Surabaya. A Surabayan popular variant is called rawon setan (Devil's rawon), a popular rawon dish from Surabaya. The reason for this nickname is that the warung (stall) that sells this rawon dish is open from midnight to dawn just like the time when they say devils come out. The rawon setan stall is quite popular in Surabaya.[4]

In Bali, there is also a meat stew called rawon. This Balinese version however, is not using any keluak, thus the soup color is not black but rather light brownish grey instead, and they favour pork over beef.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Indofood corporate website. See "Bumbu Rawon" Archived 2011-06-24 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Wright, Clifford A. (2009). The Best Soups in the World. John Wiley and Sons. p. 64. ISBN 9780470180525.
  3. ↑ "Menguak Fakta Menu Lalapan Sunda Lewat Prasasti Taji". beritasatu.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  4. ↑ Gross, Matt (May 6, 2011). "Lost in Java". New York Times.
  5. ↑ "1 resep rawon babi enak dan sederhana". Cookpad (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2018-01-17.
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