Offal & Organ Meats
Dendeng Paru
Indonesia
Beef lung boiled, sliced thin, dried and fried until brittle, then coated in a sweet-spicy chilli and tamarind sauce
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What it is
A closer look at Dendeng Paru.
Beef lung boiled, sliced thin, dried and fried until brittle, then coated in a sweet-spicy chilli and tamarind sauce
What to look for
Know it when you find it.
Found at Malay and Padang nasi stalls. Good paru is dry and shatters; if it bends it has been sitting in gravy too long
Where it belongs
Origins and
traditions.
Food rarely respects a border. These are the places the dataset connects most strongly to Dendeng Paru.
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