Ketoprak (dish) Ketoprak (dish) Ketoprak is a vegetarian dish from Jakarta, Indonesia, consists of tofu, vegetables and rice cake, rice vermicelli served in peanut sauce. The etymology of the name "ketoprak" is unknown, and its name similarity to the Javanese folk-drama is peculiar. However, according to popular Betawi tradition, "ketoprak" was actually derived from the acronym of its ingredients; which are ket from "ketupat", to from "tahu" and "toge", and prak from "digeprak" (Betawi for: "mashed" or "crushed"), which describes the method on grounding garlic, chili pepper and peanut granules together to create the peanut sauce. Although today ketoprak is often associated
Jerk (cooking) the action of "jerking", which referred to poking meat with holes so that flavor could more easily be absorbed. The term "jerk spice" (also commonly known as Jamaican jerk spice) refers to a spice rub. The word "jerk" refers to the spice rub, wet marinade, and to the particular cooking technique. Jerk cooking has developed a following in the United States, Canadian and Western European cosmopolitan urban centres with Caribbean/West Indian communities. One story is that Jamaican jerk sauce developed as an adaptation by escaped enslaved Coromantee Africans in Jamaica. However, historians have unearthed evidence to show that all racial