Balinese Food: Tipat Cantok

One more typical Balinese food that you must try is tipat cantok.

Tipat cantok is a typical Balinese food consisting of boiled vegetables and ketupat then doused with peanut sauce. In Balinese, tipat has the meaning of “ketupat” and cantok which means “pulled or mashed on a mortar”. Vegetables commonly used in tipat cantok are sprouts, water spinach, and long beans. In addition to vegetables, tofu is also added. This Balinese food is suitable for those of you who are vegan. The taste of peanut sauce is not far from Javanese pecel or gado-gado. For those of you who like peanut sauce, surely you will fall in love with tipat cantok.

Tipat cantok nowadays can not only be found in roadside stalls, but we can also get it in restaurants. The price of tipat cantok at the stall is around IDR 10,000, and of course it will be more expensive for the price of tipat cantok at the restaurant.

Tipat cantok is now not only a local Balinese food, because many influencers have reviewed this food from the viral tipat cantok stall in Bali so that tipat cantok is now become popular.

For those of you who are visiting Bali, you must try this local food. In addition to babi guling, ayam betutu, and satay lilit, tipat cantok can be a reference for local Balinese food that you can try.

To know more Balinese food, you can read my previous post at more balinese foods .