Saturday, December 21, 2019

Sumedang Tofu

The Secret Behind the Legendary Sumedang Tofu Delights In Indonesian Food
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"When Chinese ancestors came to Indonesia, they did not bring religion as Arabs or Westerners. But, they bring food that is gradually becoming the food of ordinary Indonesian people. ”This piece of sentence was delivered by Kwee Kek Beng in its project titled‘ What Contributions Can Foreign Residents Give to Indonesian National Culture Development? '.

The sentence was then reinforced by Pramoedya Ananta Toer in Hoakiau in Indonesia. Even though Western nations to Indonesia bring cheese and butter, its popularity cannot match cheap Chinese food such as tofu, takwah, soy sauce, noodles, tea, taoco, salted vegetables and so on. Pramoedya said.
As one of the specialties of Chinese food, tofu has its own history in the archipelago. The term tofu consists of two Chinese syllables namely tao / teu which means soybean and hu means destroyed. According to historian JJ Rizal, Chinese tofu was served in the archipelago in the 10th century. But limited among the elite. The phrase as reported by Historia.id.

By the 19th century, the people of Java had been hit by hunger and malnutrition due to cultuurstelsel (forced cultivation). Food sources began to be difficult, that's when tofu emerged as an alternative food. And know to be a crisis savior of the Javanese people from the crisis of nutrition intake. Now, the existence of tofu becomes popular food. It even became a distinctive icon from one of the cities in West Java, Sumedang. The fame of Sumedang knows that we are all familiar.

Secret Kitchen Know Sumedang

Know as if the identity of the city of Sumedang. Its development cannot be separated from the history of the existence of Chinese immigrants named Ong Kino. Sam Setyautama in his book Chinese Ethnic Characters wrote that Ong Kino's initial intentions made him know initially to please his wife. When his friends tried and felt good, Ong Kino's idea came to peddle tofu in Sumedang.

On one occasion, the fame of Ong Kino's artificial tofu reached Prince Situraja's ears. The prince then stopped by the Ong tofu making factory in Tegal Kalong. Once there, Prince Situraja judged that it would sell well and was liked by many people. Like a powerful spell, Ong Kino's processed tofu is an excellent city within 45 kilometers of Bandung.

Until now, many people have wondered what the secret behind the legendary delicacy is. Some call the water content in different Sumedang areas such as hot springs, salty-flavored springs, and acid-flavored water in the Cipanas rice field block. Not quite up there, it turns out there is another secret behind the manufacturing process. The following 7 are quoted from Indonesia Poenja Tjerita book.
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