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Bakwan

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Bakwan are vegetable fritters, or gorengan, commonly found in Indonesia and usually sold by traveling street vendors. They are typically made of bean sprouts, shredded cabbage and carrots battered in a mixture of flour, corn starch and sago or tapioca for a crispy texture, then deep-fried in cooking oil; the dish is known as bala-bala in West Java and badak in Semarang, and is comparable to Japanese vegetable tempura, Korean pajeon, Bruneian cucur, Indian pakora, Burmese a-kyaw, Caribbean pholourie and Filipino ukoy. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Origin Region
Indonesia 1
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Uses Ingredient

Water, Ingredients
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1. Bakwan (Wikidata)
P495 (country of origin): Indonesia
Quote, P495 (country of origin): Indonesia
Indonesia
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Bakwan (Wikipedia)
  • Uses Ingredient: Water, Infobox main_ingredient field: Batter (wheat flour, egg, water), vegetables (shredded cabbage, carrots, bean sprouts, corn, scallions)
  • Expresses Tradition: Street Food Culture, Wikipedia category: Category:Street food in Indonesia
  • In Cuisine: Indonesian Cuisine, lead paragraph
    Bakwan (Chinese: 肉丸; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bah-oân) are vegetable fritters or gorengan commonly found in Indonesia.
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