RCI-SN.004.0111.001

Gado-gado

Name: Gado-gado
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: 1 unit For the salad:; 1 unit mixed vegetables (cabbage (bean sprouts, cucumber, chayote, water spinach, yardlong bean, spinach). Cauliflower, green beans, watercress, carrots, tomatoes, or peas are sometimes included but less common.); 1 unit potatoes; 1 unit deep fried soybean cake; 1 unit deep fried tempeh; 1 unit boiled eggs; 1 unit deep fried kerupuk (fish or prawn crackers); 1 unit deep fried shallot; 1 unit For the peanut sauce (4 servings):; 300 unit gr peanuts; 1 clove garlic; 4 unit shallot; 1 unit gr terasi (fermented prawn paste); 125 unit gr Gula Jawa (Indonesian Palm Sugar); 1 unit sugar; 1 unit fresh or dried chili pepper; 1 unit fresh lime juice (or rice vinegar)

Indonesian Cuisine is a vegetable salad with a peanut sauce dressing.

Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Total45 min

Servings4

Difficultyadvanced

Ingredients

For the salad:
1 unit
mixed vegetables (cabbage
bean sprouts, cucumber, chayote, water spinach, yardlong bean, spinach). Cauliflower, green beans, watercress, carrots, tomatoes, or peas are sometimes included but less common.
1 unit
potatoes
1 unit
deep fried soybean cake
1 unit
deep fried tempeh
1 unit
boiled eggs
1 unit
deep fried kerupuk (fish or prawn crackers)
1 unit
deep fried shallot
1 unit
For the peanut sauce (4 servings):
1 unit
gr peanuts
300 unit
garlic
1 clove
shallot
4 unit
gr terasi (fermented prawn paste)
1 unit
gr Gula Jawa (Indonesian Palm Sugar)
125 unit
sugar
1 unit
fresh or dried chili pepper
1 unit
fresh lime juice
or rice vinegar
1 unit

Method

Fry prawn paste with cooking oil until fragrant

Fry the peanuts until golden brown, remove from the pan and leave to cool, and drain off all but a little of the excess oil

Grind the peanuts to make paste

Add ground fresh chili pepper, garlic, salt, brown sugar and prawn paste to the peanut paste, grind to mix

Put peanut paste in a pan, add some water to dissolve (use coconut milk for richer taste)

Add some sugar into the peanut sauce to taste and bring to the boil

Simmer peanut sauce until thick and season with the lemon or lime juice.

Hard-boil the eggs and slice

Steam or boil the potatoes then remove the skin

Deep fry the boiled potatoes until golden brown, then slice

Wash, shred or chop cabbage, spinach and water spinach

Boil water in a pan, put cabbage in boiling water until cooked, strain

Use strained boiling water, boil spinach and water spinach, one after another, strain

Blanche bean sprout for about 30 seconds, strain

Peel chayote, wash, slice, and boil until tender

Wash then slice cucumber

Place the salad, sliced potatoes, fried tofu, fried tempeh, and eggs in a large plate, either randomly or in layers

Pour the peanut sauce over the salad

Spread deep fried shallots on top and serve with kerupuk.

Gado-gado

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