Doclang — West Java, Indonesia

Doclang is a savory rice cake dish reported from Bogor and the wider West Java region, combining the textures of soft rice cake, crisp fried potato and crackers under a thick, peanut-based sauce. It is found at street stalls and markets in West Java, typically sold as a breakfast or midday snack. Vendors typically set up a simple stall with the components prepared in advance, assembling each portion to order as customers arrive. To prepare it, compressed rice cake (lontong or ketupat) is sliced and arranged with sliced fried potatoes, cubes of fried tofu and sliced cucumber. A sauce is made by grinding roasted peanuts with chili, garlic and palm sugar, then thinning the paste with water; it is poured generously over the arrangement, which is finished with crushed kerupuk crackers and fried shallots, sometimes with a boiled egg added. What sets this version apart within the region's rice-cake dishes is a peanut sauce that leans sweeter and thicker than sauces used elsewhere, and potato rather than beansprouts or other vegetables carrying much of the dish's texture; egg and kerupuk are added or left out depending on the individual seller.