Rujak Cingur, Surabaya typical food

 

Salad cingur [Rujak Cingur] is one of the traditional foods that are easily found in the area of East Java, especially Surabaya native region. In the Java language cingur means "mouth", this refers to the material or muzzle the mouth sliced braised veal and mixed into the dish. Salad cingur [Rujak Cingur] usually consists slices of some fruits such as cucumber, kerahi (krai, which is a kind of cucumber typical of East Java), yam, young mango, pineapple, kedondong, then add rice cake [lontong], tofu, tempeh, bendoyo, cingur, as well as vegetables such as sprouts, kale, and beans. All the material are mixed with sauces or condiments made of processed shrimp paste, boiled water to slightly dilute, sugar / brown sugar, chili, peanut fried, fried onions, salt, and thin slices of banana green seeds which are still young (banana klutuk ). All sauces / condiments mixed with pulverized way, that's why salad cingur [Rujak Cingur]  is also often called a salad grind [Rujak Uleg].

In the presentation, salad cingur is divided into two kinds, which is called of 'regular' and 'matengan' (refer to the letter e in the word matengan like calling the letter e in the word:  such  as  / bendoyo - kerahi the simmering). 

Presentation of 'normal' or general, such as all the ingredients mentioned above, while the 'matengan' (mature, Java) consists only of ingredients ripe; rice cake, fried tofu, fried tempeh, bendoyo (kerahi the simmering) and vegetables (kale, beans, sprouts) which had been brewing. Without any other materials  namely fruits, because basically there are people who do not like fruit. Both use the same sauces / condiments.

These foods which is called salad cingur for flavoring preparations is using  shrimp paste and a little bit warm water  as a dressing. This is what distinguishes the salad foods from other which  are usually without using of materials such  as "Cingur".

Salad cingur usually served with extra crackers, and with the base pincuk (banana leaf) or plate.
looks delicious , you may could have been try while visiting Surabaya.