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In some western countries have salad, in Indonesia has Asinan. There are two kinds of Asinan; Asinan Buah or Fruit Asinan and Asinan Sayur or Vegetable Asinan. But Asinan that I want to tell you is Asinan Sayur. Just like salad, the main ingredients of Asinan Sayur is vegetables. The thing that make it a bit different is the dressing or the sauce.  The word Asinan comes from asin, which means salty. It relates to how this food made. According to the history about the dish is the process of making it through salting the vegetables with salt or pickling one the vegetables with vinegar.  It is very easy to make Asinan Sayur. We only need some vegetables, such as: cucumber, carrot, bean sprouts, cabbage, and lettuce. And for the complementary we need fried peanut, tofu, yellow noodle, and kerupuk (Indonesian traditional chip). For the sauce we need peanut, palm sugar, tamarind, salt, chili, and water.

Gado-gado is one of Indonesian traditional dish that you can meet everywhere in Indonesia's streets or a restaurant. Almost Indonesian people like this food. Many people call it Indonesian salad. Gado-gado comes from Betawi, Jakarta. The term Gado is from Betawi language, Menggado or Gadoin, which means to consume or eat something without rice. And Gado-gado itself in Indonesian literally means "mix -mix". We just have to mix all Gado-gado ingredients in one plate with peanut sauce. Here are the main ingredients: Cucumber Boiled water spinach Boiled spinach Boiled cabbage Boiled bean sprouts Boiled long bean Fried Tempe Fried Tofu If you want the special one, you can add boiled egg. How to serve: You put all the ingredients and pour it a peanut sauce on them and mix altogether. Add some Krupuk (Indonesian traditional chip)