The word mendoan is derived from the Indonesian language Banyumas, mendo which means half-baked or mushy. Mendoan means cooking with lots of hot oil quickly so the dishes are not cooked right. The most commonly made food ingredients are tempe and tofu.
Tempe Mendoan is a kind of tempeh dish made from thin tempe, and fried with flour so it tastes savory and crunchy. Traditionally in the Banyumas region of Indonesia, tempe used for mendoan is a thin wrapper type tempe, one or two pieces of wrapping.







