Nasi tempong

Nasi tempong

Alternative names	Sega témpong (Osing)
Course	Main course
Place of origin	Indonesia
Region or state	Banyuwangi, East Java
Created by	Osing or Javanese
Serving temperature	hot
Media: Nasi tempong

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^[1] or terasi sambal.^{[2] [3]}

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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• Cuisine of Indonesia
• Javanese cuisine
• Nasi ambeng
• Nasi bakar
• Nasi campur
• Nasi gandul
• Nasi goreng
• Nasi pecel

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