Rujak Erok-erok, an Indigenous Fruit Salad of Probolinggo

TIMESINDONESIA, PROBOLINGGO – Fruit salad with special local sauce has become a common food to find around Indonesia. Iccluding Rujak Erok-erok of Probolinggo. This food will include those trpopical fruits and local sauce made of fish paste. 

The heat wave during summer and the numerous amount of endless tropical fruit has made this food become a favorite served during family time. Most people will also serve it during gathering with their friends and family. 

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Several tropical fruit like unripe mango, half ripe papaya, jicama, ambarella, pineapple, will be sliced to accompany the ultimate nice taste of fish sauce. Not to mention the sponge tofu which will wash away all the spicy taste on your palate. 

The Ultimate Sauce for Rujak Erok-erok

Rujak or the fruit salad in the country commonly will use peanut sauce during the serving. But this food will use distinctive sauce made of fish paste. The ingredients for the sauce will include bird eye chili, salt, granulated sugar, and the special local fish paste.

All the ingredients will be grounded with pestle and mortar. At the end of the process, add a little bit of water to make it more creamy. For those who willing for more spicy sauce you could adjust the number of chili to your taste.

Then just dip your fruits into the sauce and your rujak erok-erok will be a good companion during a hot day in the summer. The more tropical fruits the merrier your fruit salad party will be.

Easily to be Found in Probolinggo

Rujak Erok-erok has become such a common food to find in this city. Lots of food stall, street vendors, to restaurants in the local area has this food to be served for their customers. Their love to this meal has made people took a chance of it as a business. 

It is actually not hard to make this fruit salad. It just that if you willing to have this for your own instead of hanging with your friends in the terrace you could order from this places. This place will serve a set of this dish just for you to have. 

The taste of Rujak Erok-erok has made loads of people coming for this city just to find this typical food vendors. Some event from neighborhood cities who pass by Probolinggo for pleasure or business. 

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