My Bread Obsession: Cakwe and Cakwe Sauce

In Indonesia we called these fried bread: Cakwe.
In other countries, they would have Cakwe with milk,
we have them with Cakwe sauce, or with chicken rice porridge,
or with Lek Tau Suan (dessert / split green bean soup).

Cakwe is one of street food in Indonesia.
You can find it normally at traditional market.
Freshly rolled, stacked, lined and fried in front of you.
Serve with Garlic sauce that taste garlic-y, sweet and spicy (from chili).

Normally this Cakwe should be made with Baker's Ammonia powder (bubuk amoniak), which can be substituted by mixing equal parts of baking soda and baking powder.

I have tried many recipes without Baker's Ammonia powder
and I found this one that is really good which doesn't need 7 hours of proofing.

Here is the recipe:

2 1/4 C of flour - I used plain flour
1 tsp of salt
mix these two ingredients,
I used a stand mixer.

1 C of warm water
2 Tbsp of vegetable oil
2 Tbsp of sugar - i use raw sugar
2 tsp of baking powder
1 tsp of yeast - i use instant dry yeast

Put the rest of the ingredients in a cup.
I didn't stir.

Mix wet ingredients into flour and salt mixture.

I used dough hook.

Mix well for 5 minutes.

Until the dough come together and clear the sides.

Done mixing.

Ready for 2 hours proofing,
so cover with damp clean cloth
and leave it in a warm place
until double in size.

After 2 hours.

Punch the dough,
knead briefly on floured surface,
rolled about 1 cm thick,
cut out 2 the same size (you see I didn't).

Stack both together and put a mark in the middle on both sides.

Deep fried until golden brown on medium-low heat.

I made short cakwes, they looked like these,
these are the first 2:

If you'd like to be more efficient like me (read: lazy)
then cut a bit wide,

from there cut to 2 equal size,
mark on each side with chopstick
or knife like me.

Done, ready to serve with Cakwe Sauce.

Resep Saus Cakwe / Cakwe Sauce recipe:
100 ml of water
bird-eye chili, grinded (see below photo)
2 garlic, grinded
2 1/2 Tbsp of sugar
1/2 tsp of salt
1 Tbsp of white vinegar
Mix all ingredients together.

This is the ready-to-use chili I used.

All you have to do now
is just dip it in the sauce,
let the soaking process begin,
then sink it into your mouth.

YUM!!


Thanks for looking :)