Rawon or rawon rice (because always serves with rice) is a menu consist of rice with dark beef soup. The dark colour of the soup comes from the spice which called kluwak (Pangium edule) nuts. And the beef inside the soup is in small pieces. It's usually served with rice, uncooked mung bean sprouts (kecambah), kerupuk, and ubiquitous sambal. Additional menu to eat rawon is salty duck eggs, empal (beef slices), or perkedel (mash potatoes with meat).
Rawon, originally from East Java, but it's also known by Central Java citizens.


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