Nasi tempong facts for kids
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| Alternative names | Sega témpong (Osing) |
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| Course | Main course |
| Place of origin | Indonesia |
| Region or state | Banyuwangi, East Java |
| Created by | Osing or Javanese |
| Serving temperature | hot |
Nasi tempong (Javanese: ꦱꦼꦒꦠꦺꦩ꧀ꦥꦺꦴꦁ, romanized: sega témpong; Pegon: سيجا تمبونغ) is an Indonesian rice dish, typical food of Osing people in Banyuwangi, consists of steamed rice with boiled vegetables (includes boiled spinach, cosmos and basil leaves), tofu, tempeh, corn fritter and fried ariid catfish. This rice dish served with kencur sambal or terasi sambal.
The "tempong" term is a word in Osing language which means "to be slapped" in English. Thus the nasi tempong named because the spicy taste of nasi tempong which giving a sensation like being slapped.
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