Cireng .... Fried Sago Snack ...

Ravioli? Oh no no …this is Cireng … one of the Indonesian fried snack, that is the picture before frying ……

Cireng … actually stand for aCI – digoRENG … literally mean fried aci. Aci it self is sundanese language for sago flour. Funny huh? The sundanese people always have interesting naming convention for their food, there’s plenty of them … such as combro stand for onCOM – dijeRO (mean oncom inside) … I wonder where the B come from … or colenak stand for dicoCOL – Enak (mean delicious for dipping).

Okay, enough for the naming … I got this cireng recipe from Mbak Camelia blog, but since I don’t have any tuna, I use chicken as the filling … if you don’t have it then use whatever available in your fridge…

The filling:
150 minced chicken
1 chopped garlic
1 table spoon oyster sauce
1 tea spoon fish sauce
½ tea spoon salt
½ tea spoon white pepper
5 table spoon water
1 tea spoon flour
1 table spoon oil for stir frying

Sauté the chopped garlic with the heated oil, add in the minced chicken, continue sauté until the chicken change color. Add in oyster sauce, salt, pepper, fish sauce, & water. Add flour, continue mixing until all cooked.

Cireng Dough:
350 gram sago flour
1 tea spoon of salt (I found it not salty enough, so I use 3 table spoons)
3 table spoon of cooking oil
1 table spoon margarine
250- 300 cc of boiling water

Additional: 1 egg, beaten.

Mix in salt, water & oil, and then set aside. In large bowl mix in the sago flour whit the water mixture. Knead until all become shapeable dough. Last add the margarine, continue kneading.
Roll the dough for about 2 mm thinness. Cut it with cookie/cake cutter with the shape you like, I use ravioli cutter for making rectangle shape.
Brush with beaten egg, add the filling, and cover with another sheet of cireng dough. Seal the filling tightly with the dough. Deep fried until cooked. Serve when warm … coz is hard to chew when it’s cold ... ;p