Indonesian vegetable salad. The vegetables used below are only a suggestion, you can use nearly anything that is available to you. Do use at least 3 different vegetables.
Ingredients:
gado-gado
White Cabbage, diced.
Green beans
Bean sprouts
2 Eggs, hard boiled.
Peanut Sauce.
Tomatoes.
Prawn crackers.
Preparation:
Seperatly cook all the vegetables lightly.They must still retain a nice crunch.
Drain and arrange in layers on a dish. Pour the Peanut Sauce over this. Decorate with the sliced egg and tomatoes. Just before serving, sprinkle the crackers over the sauce.
Best enjoyed when salad is cooled down.
Sajur Lodeh
Mixed vegetable dish with coconut.This dish is made with 3 or 4 different vegetables.You can use almost any veg. you have at hand.For example: Cabbage, French green beans, Carrots, Tauge, Bamboo shoots, etc. Very nice as a main or side dish with plain boiled rice.
Ingredients:
Sajur Lodeh
1 Onion.
2 Cloves of Garlic.
2 teaspoons Sambal Ulek.
or 1 fresh hot Chilli.
3 tablespoons Peanut oil.
1 teaspoon Laos powder.
800 gr. Mixed Vegetables.
350 ml. Coconut milk.
350 ml. Chicken stock.
2 tablespoons Kecap Manis.
Pinch of Pepper and salt.
250 gr. Chicken breast.(boiled)
2 Eggs (Hard boiled).
Crispy fried onions.
Preparation:
Puree the onions, garlic and sambal ulek in a blender.Add Laos powder.Heat oil in a wok and stir fry the paste for 2 min.
Stir in the coconut milk and Chicken stock.Bring to boil.Add the vegetables in order of cooking time.Simmer until all vegetables are tender but still have a nice crunch.Add the finely sliced chicken. Season with Kecap Manis,Salt and Pepper and boil for a further minute.
Decorate with quartered Eggs and crispy fried onions.Serve hot.
