Place of origin Java | Region or state Nationwide Serving temperature Hot | |
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Similar Ayam penyet, Lalab, Empal gentong, Konro, Dendeng | ||
Iga penyet (English: Squeezed ribs) is Indonesian — more precisely East Javanese cuisine — fried beef spare ribs served with spicy sambal terasi. The fried beef ribs is squeezed against a mortar filled with sambal, and usually served with lalab vegetables and steamed rice. It was first popular in East Javanese Surabaya city, and now has spread across Indonesia.
Etymology
In Indonesian iga means ribs, while the term penyet in Javanese means "to squeeze", which refer to the serving method of squeezing the meat against mortar filled with spicy sambal using pestle. This penyet method of serving dishes is also applied to numbers of other dishes, such as empal penyet, ayam penyet (ayam goreng penyet) and ayam bakar penyet.
References
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