Well, this time the author will talk about Balinese food again, namely Plecing Kangkung.
Are you a salad lover? Maybe this plecing kangkung is a typical Balinese salad. Plecing kangkung is actually a typical food from Lombok and Bali. There is a slight difference between plecing kangkung Lombok and plecing kangkung Bali.
Plecing kangkung consists of boiled water spinach and served cold mixed with tomato sambal made from chili, salt, shrimp paste, tomatoes and lime juice.
The difference between plecing kangkung Lombok and plecing kangkung Bali is that plecing kangkung Lombok is served with additional bean sprouts, long beans, fried peanuts. While the plecing kangkung Bali consists of water spinach, tomato sambal, pindang sauce, and fried peanuts. Plecing kangkung Lombok usually served with ayam Taliwang, while plecing kangkung Bali is served with ayam betutu.
You can read more about Balinese food ayam betutu here Balinese Food Ayam Betutu
Plecing kangkung is easy to find in stalls that selling Balinese cuisine. Usually in stalls that sell tipat cantok, they also sell plecing kangkung.
What is tipat cantok? Tipat cantok is a typical Balinese food, you can read more details here Balinese Food Tipat Cantok
The water spinach used to make this plecing is different from the water spinach which is made for stir-fried water spinach. The water spinach used has larger stems and leaves that are planted in a flowing river with a certain method so as to produce water spinach with large, crunchy stems.
Well, when you visit Bali, you must try Balinese food, namely plecing kangkung. For those of you who can’t eat spicy food, you can tell the seller to make chili according to your level of spiciness.
