Tauge goreng
Tauge goreng (Indonesian for "fried bean sprouts") is an Indonesian savoury vegetarian dish made of stir-fried "tauge" (bean sprouts) with slices of tofu, "ketupat" or "lontong" rice cake and yellow noodles, served in a spicy "oncom"-based sauce. "Tauge goreng" is a specialty of Jakarta and Bogor city, West Java, Indonesia. It is usually sold as street food using "pikulan" (carrying pole) or "gerobak" (cart) by street vendors. It is a popular street food in Indonesia, especially in Jakarta, and Greater Jakarta areas, including Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi. Ingredients. "Tauge goreng" is a vegetarian dish, because it  contains no elements of animal-based ingredients. The main ingredient is the "tauge" or mung bean sprouts. Usually the bean sprout are cooked in front of customer using small and simple stove. The bean sprouts are not stir fried in cooking oil, but in small amount of boiling water instead. Then the slices of tofu, yellow noodles, and slices of "ketupat" or "lontong" rice cake are added, stir fried, mixed and heated together. Then the savoury and spicy "oncom"-based sauce is poured upon the cooked ingredients. The "oncom"-based sauce is made by stir-frying ground "oncom" in small amount of  vegetable oil with spices, including ground galangal, "salam" leaf (Indonesian bayleaf), slices of tomato, scallion, garlic chives, "tauco" (fermented soybean paste), "kecap manis" (sweet soy sauce), key lime juice, and salt. "Oncom" is bright orange-colored fermented crushed beans similar to "tempeh", but made from different fungi. It is especially popular ingredient in Sundanese cuisine. The "oncom"-based sauce is also used in Bogor version of "laksa", thus their taste are quite similar. The "oncom"-based sauce giving an earthy nutty flavour to the dish. Variants. The most popular "tauge goreng" in Indonesia is the West Javan version, which uses "oncom" based  sauce as mentioned above. However, there are numbers of stir fried beansprouts variants exist in the archipelago. In Malaysia, there is a similar-named dish called "taugeh goreng". However, this Malaysian version is a lot simpler, which only consists of beansprouts stir fried with chopped shallot, garlic and chili in soy sauce. This dish is a simple home cooking, and not sold as a street food in the country. In Indonesia, this kind of simpler fried beansprout (without "lontong" rice cake, noodle, "oncom" and "tauco" sauce) is usually mixed with diced tofu instead, and it is called "gehu", which is  abbreviation of "taoge" and "tahu" or "tumis tahu taoge". It is also a popular simple home cooking, and not a street food. Another variant of stir fried beansprouts uses "ikan asin" (salted fish) or "teri Medan" (Medan's anchovy) to add savoury and salty flavour.