Thursday, January 19, 2012

Indonesian Vegetable salad with peanut sauce (gado-gado)


Hii today I wanna share Indonesian mix vegetables with peanut sauce recipe.. Indonesian people called Gado-gado. Consisting of long green bean, cabbage, bean sprout, potatoes, cucumber and can be added spinach, tempe, tofu, boiled eggs. Top with peanut sauce and prawn cracker as compliment. Gado-gado can be for appetizer or main course. If you choose this as main course then put rice or lontong as side dish. Lontong made of steamed rice and wrapped in banana leaf. Gado-gado contains high nutrients and vitamins.
INGREDIENTS:

  • Long green bean, cut into 4 cm long
  • Cabbage, shredded
  • Bean sprout
  • Potatoes
Steam all ingredients
COMPLIMENT :

  • Fresh cucumber slices
  • Boiled egg, cut into 2 pieces
  • Fried tofu
  • Fried tempe (soya bean cake)
  • Rice or lontong ( lontong cut into 2 cm thick )
  • Prawn cracker
  • Fried shallot
PEANUT SAUCE :

  • 200 gram fried peanuts
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 5 red bird eyes chilli (you can avoid, if you dont like spicy)
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 3 tbsp tamarind water
  • 1 tsp terasi (dried shrimp paste)
  • Salt to taste
HOW TO MAKE :

  • fried peanuts, garlic, chillies, and terasi. Combine all then process in food proccesor or grind with mortar and pestle.
  • add brown sugar, tamarind water and salt
  • put to the pan n add 1 cup of water, cooked until boiled.. dont forget to keep stir..
  • after 5-10 minute remove from the heat
SERVING :

  • Place long green bean, cabbage, bean sprouts, potatoes, slices lontong, slices cucumber, eggs, fried tofu and tempe to the plate. Pour the peanut sauce on top then add little bit fried shallot. garnish with prawn crackers.

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