Tempeh

In Indonesia, Tempeh is a general staple food, just like potatoes and corn. Indonesian has been consumed Tempeh in generations. Moreover, Tempeh is also cheap and easily found everywhere in Indonesia (soytempeh, 2015). 

(Tempeh, 2015)

It is originated from Java, Indonesia, made from  fermented soy beans. In addition, Tempeh also it involves the natural culturing and composed fermentation that sticks soybeans into a cake form, resembling to a very firm vegetarian patties (Wikipedia, 2015). Futhermore, Tempeh which made of whole beans makes it more higher content in protein,dietary fiber, and vitamins and it becomes popular worldwide in vegetarian cuisine as meat complement (Wikipedia, 2015).

Following are some type of Tempeh :

Name	Description
tempe bacem	tempeh boiled with spices and palm sugar, and then fried for a few minutes to enhance the taste. The result is damp, spicy, sweet and dark-colored tempeh.
tempe bongkrek	made from or with coconut press cake (see below)
tempe bosok (busuk)	rotten tempeh, used in small amounts as a flavoring
tempe gembus	made from okara
tempe gódhóng	tempeh wrapped in banana leaves
tempe goreng	deep-fried tempeh
tempe mendoan	thinly sliced tempeh, battered and deep fried quickly, resulting in limp texture
tempe kedelai	simply tempeh, made from soybeans
tempe kering	raw tempeh cut into little sticks, deep fried, then mixed with spices and sugar, often mixed with separately fried peanuts and anchovies (ikan teri), can be stored up to a month if cooked properly.
tempe murni	tempeh made in plastic wrap without any additives such as grated raw papaya (pure soybean cake)
tempe oncom (also onchom)	made from peanut press cake, orange in color, with Neurospora sitophila

(Wikipedia, 2015).

Below is the video of how to make tempeh

References

 

soytempeh, (2015). Indonesian Cuisines Tempeh | Soytempeh. [online] Available at: http://www.soytempeh.com/ [Accessed 22 Nov. 2015].

Tempeh. (2015). [image] Available at: http://www.wikihow.com/Cook-Tempeh#/Image:Cook-Tempeh-Step-2.jpg [Accessed 22 Nov. 2015].

Wikipedia, (2015). Tempeh. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempeh [Accessed 22 Nov. 2015].