🍢 Tahu Isi
Tahu isi is an Indonesian street snack of fried tofu pockets stuffed with a filling of shredded vegetables such as cabbage, carrot and bean sprouts. The stuffed tofu is dipped in a light batter of flour and egg and deep-fried until crisp. It is eaten hot with fresh green chillies bitten alongside, and sold from carts and stalls as a savoury snack.
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What it is made of
Recipe
Ingredients
- 8 pieces fried tofu puffs or firm tofu, about 300 g
- 100 g cabbage, finely shredded
- 1 carrot, julienned
- 50 g bean sprouts
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 80 g flour
- 1 egg
- Oil for frying, salt, fresh green chillies
Method
- Sauté the garlic, cabbage, carrot and bean sprouts in a little oil for 3 minutes; season with salt.
- Cut a slit in each tofu piece and fill with the vegetables.
- Whisk the flour, egg, a pinch of salt and about 100 ml water into a thin batter.
- Dip the stuffed tofu in the batter and deep-fry in hot oil until golden and crisp.
- Drain on paper and serve hot with fresh green chillies.
How to make it lighter
- Bake or air-fry the stuffed tofu brushed with a little oil instead of deep-frying.
- Pack in more vegetables and use a thinner coat of batter.
- Count pieces: 2 make a snack, and the frying oil adds the most calories.
History
Tahu isi, literally 'filled tofu', is one of the gorengan, the fried snacks sold by street vendors across Indonesia, especially on Java. It is commonly eaten in the afternoon with tea or as a quick snack.
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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →