Lontong Balap: Special and Original's Food From Surabaya

The ingredients

Typical original Surabaya's food in east java, which is cooked from the rice cake, sprouts, fried tofu, Lento (made of soybean), soy sauce, fried onion and chili sauce.

Lento is made from rice peanuts/Tholo with flour, afterwards it is added with galingale, the spring onion, rough-skinned citrus fruit and adequate salt. It is formed round resembled the croquette.

Lontong Balap is full of sprouts. Lontong Balap is not served well without Kerang Satay (Shellfish satay).

Shellfish satay, is made from the shellfish that is boiled and then it is served like satay, but without being roasted. Lontong Balap will be more delicious to eat if being added with hot soy sauce and chili sauce.

The history

Long ago, "lontong balap" sold by using the pole. Vegetable sprouts are included in large pot soil. Borne soil pot front and back. Because of the heavy pot, the seller walks very fast. Imagine if carry a certain weight and fast way in hurry. It was quick as the race (balap) was impressed. Perhaps that way it is called Lontong Balap . Seller was in hurry like racing (balapan).

Source:
http://www.surabaya.go.id/eng/culture.php?page=lontong_balap