Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Improvised Penang Fruit Rojak Sauce Recipe

I only have pineapple and senkuang (turnips) in my fridge when I made the fruits rojak sauce! LOL! My neighbour gave me this Gula Melaka (palm sugar). She bought it for me from one of her trip to Melaka recently.
The original Penang Fruit Rojak sauce is made from Or Cheo (Black Sauce), Tnea Cheo(Sweet Sauce, Gochujang), Heh Ko (Otak Udang, direct translation Prawn Brain, ha ha ha!, actually it is a black pungent sauce made from prawns and mantis prawns), chilly, toasted belachan (fermented shrimp paste) powder, sugar and peanut. However, it is not easy to find Or Cheo and Tnee Cheo in KL. In fact, many vendors in the market in Penang are not selling these sauces anymore. In view of that, I have to improvise the Penang Rojak Sauce with the ingredients that I have. This is a rather simple rojak sauce but it can satisfy my cravings for Penang Rojak until my next trip back! LOL!

Ingredient
Gula Melaka (Palm Sugar), 2 blocks
Dark Soya Sauce, 1 teaspoon
Har Ko (Otak Udang), 1 tablespoon
Toasted Peanut, 1/3 cup, crushed
Chilli Padi (Bird Eye Chilli), 3 pcs, chopped finely
Pineapple
Cucumber
Unripe Mango
Unripe Papaya
Sengkuang (turnips)

Put a little water in a pot and use slow fire to melt the Gula Melaka. Don’t use too much water. Keep on stirring the mixture until all the sugar is melted. Turn off the heat. Add dark soya sauce, har ko and chilly padi. Let the Fruit Rojak sauce cool down to room temperature. Cut pineapple, sengkuang(turnips), unripe mango, cucumber and unripe papaya into bite sizes. Pour the sauce over the fruits and garnish with crushed peanuts.

17 comments:

WendyinKK said...

I can have rojak for breakfast
I can have rojak for lunch
I can have rojak for dinner

I simply lurrrve rojak.
Extra Har Beang please :)

Caroline said...

Hey i wanna try ur version of fruit rojak!! :D

Willie a.k.a Reptoz said...

Wa...terrer la you. Rojak also u can Do ah? But I like rojak without the pineapples. Hahaha!

Anonymous said...

Rojak sauce can make or break a rojak dish.

I like fruit rojak and pasembor.

Heather S-G said...

Oh my, I love the sound of this! I would love to try rojak! =)

[SK] said...

oh, that seems to be very nice.. anyway, homemake ones are always nicer.. :)

foongpc said...

Wow! I like anything with gula melaka in it!!!

Merryn said...

i like otak udang :D

wenn said...

i didn't know we can use gula melaka for the sauce..yummy!

cleffairy said...

Pete... when balik again? I wanna pesan things. =.= Craving for the laksa in Teluk Air tawar. Boohoo...

MaryMoh said...

Love this rojak. I need to eat more fruits. I have not eaten this for a long time. I need to go and hunt for this Har Ko.

fufu said...

wow... i miss sengkuang much... wish i could get sengkuang here for popiah/dumpling

Reanaclaire said...

wah...pete... what else u dont know?? oh, if u happen to come ipoh, jelapang is the place where it is famous for its rojak and sauce..lots of grinded nuts and har piang..

penny aka jeroxie said...

I am actually making rojak this Sunday! good timing :)

ladyviral said...

Self made rojak! Omg!!

tuti said...

lol, you are really good at improvising! *clap hands*

suituapui said...

Hah! Was going to make this and post but you beat me to it. Namind! Mine's a bit different... Will make one of these days and post...and you can compare. LOL!!!