Tongseng Tongseng Tongseng is goat meat, mutton or beef stew dish in curry-like soup with vegetables and "kecap manis" (sweet soy sauce). "Tongseng" is commonly found in Indonesian region of Central Java; from Surakarta to Yogyakarta. However, it is believed that dish was originated from Klego district in Boyolali, Central Java. The term "tongseng" derived from Javanese term "osengan" which refer to "stir frying" to describes its cooking method. It also refer to the ""seng"" friction sounds of metal frying spoon against metal wok. The soup is made of ground mixture of garlic, shallot, black pepper, ginger, coriander, galangal, "daun salam"
Coq au vin long before that. A somewhat similar recipe, "poulet au vin blanc", appeared in an 1864 cookbook. Julia Child included "coq au vin" in her 1961 cookbook "Mastering the Art of French Cooking", and she prepared it twice on the PBS cooking show "The French Chef." This exposure helped to increase the visibility and popularity of the dish in the United States, and coq au vin was seen as one of Child's signature dishes. Although the word ""coq"" in French means "rooster" or "cock", and tough birds with lots of connective tissue benefit from braising, most modern "coq au vin" recipes