Ongklok Noodle Recipe

If you visit Wonosobo, it's incomplete if you don't taste its signature culinary: ongklok noodles. Yellow noodles stuffed with chopped cabbage and scallions, then smothered in a thick, savory sauce and peanut sauce/sambal. The most delicious ongklok noodles are enjoyed with beef satay and tempeh kemul . Excellent!

Ingredients

Wet yellow noodles, brew hot water and drain - 300 grams
Cabbage leaves, sliced - 100 grams
Scallion, sliced - 1 bunch
Celery, sliced - 1 sprig
Oyster sauce - 1 tbsp
Sweet soy sauce - 2 tbsp
Sago flour, dissolve a little water - 2 cm
Beef broth - 600 ml
Oil, for frying - 3 tbsp
Fried Shallots - 1 tbsp
Ground spices:
Garlic - 4 cloves
Shallots - 4 grains
Dried Ebi - 1 tbsp
Pepper - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Sugar - 1/2 tsp
Complementary:
Peanut sauce - to taste
Beef satay - to taste
Tempe kemul / mendoan / wrapped in flour - to taste
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Plans

Heat the oil and fry the ground spices until fragrant.
Add oyster sauce and soy sauce. Stir well.
Pour in the beef broth. Season with salt and sugar. Stir and cook until boiling. Correction taste.
Pour the sago flour solution. Keep stirring until thick and bubbling. Lift.
Serving: Arrange noodles in a serving bowl. Add sliced cabbage, scallions, and celery. Pour thick gravy then sprinkle with fried onions. Ready to be served with peanut sauce, beef satay, and kemul tempe.
1. If you don't find wet yellow noodles, you can replace them with dry egg noodles that are boiled until cooked.

What's the ongklok noodle like?

Mi (or noodles) ongklok are boiled noodles typical of the city of Wonosobo and its surroundings. This boiled noodle is made using cabbage, chopped chives, and a thick starchy gravy called loh. These noodles are widely sold in various stalls, restaurants, as well as being peddled around using a cart in the city.

What flour are ongklok noodles made of?

These noodles are served with a thick, brownish sauce. This thick-textured gravy comes from a mixture of starch which is commonly called lo or lo. The ingredients are simple, starting from shallots, garlic, coriander, galangal, ebi, salt and brown sugar.