Toge, taoge or tauge ?

Hmmm… gak tau yg bener yg mana, toge – taoge – or tauge ? yg jelas bahasa inggrisnya bean sprout Hik2… poor me, I even have to make my own bean sprout or toge in this country Not sure whether toge is a common veggie here.

First time I saw toge here was the canned toge, how weird is that. Hubby said they use toge for salad, hmmm… sounds even more weird to me   In Indo, we only have fresh toge and it is very popular in our daily meal, with tofu (bean curd) or for veggie in soto soup, gado2…

Then a friend of mine said that one of the supermarket here has fresh toge. I was so happy to hear that and went there to have a look. Yes, they did have toge, but I almost fainted when I looked at the price. One small pack of toge costs 17 kroner here. With that sum of money, I could buy like 5 kgs of toge in Indo and invite 50 ppl to have a toge party he2…

Making my own toge was not that difficult. My first experiment turned out okay, not as good/fat/long as the toge in Indo of course. All I need is a little toge making knowledge I got from… hmmm… was it in the kindergarten or elementary school ? Can make a lot of toge with just two handfuls of green/mung beans and water. Keep the beans in water over night, then spread them on a wet cloth, keep them in warm place for about 2 nights (add water if cloth get dry).

What did I do with my toge this time ? I stir-fried with garlic, add some pork and salty china kol, cooking recipe from home, hmmm… nyam2 Senang juga bisa bikin toge sendiri, hurray !!!

Next time I will try to make “tempe”. No tempe sold here Will have to wait a little longer tho, cos I don’t have the tempe starter right now. I miss eating tempe goreng so much, apalagi dicocol sambel cabe rawit… asyiiik sekaleee