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Sayur Asem (Indonesian Tamarind Vegetable Soup)

Sayur Asem (Indonesian Tamarind Vegetable Soup) — a vegetable recipe, 15 ingredients, about 10 min.

Serves 4 · 10 min · Vegetable

contains nuts

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Ingredients

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  • 1 fresh red chile pepper
  • 2 shallots
  • 2 g terasi
  • ½ tbsp salt
  • 20 g fresh tamarind or asam jawa tamarind paste, or 5 dried bilimbi fruit
  • 105 g galangal
  • 2 salam leaves
  • 100 g yardlong beans
  • 1 chayote squash
  • 50 g corn
  • 100 g young jackfuit
  • 50 g gnetum (melinjo/belinjau) leaves and fruits
  • 50 g raw peanuts
  • Salt
  • Sugar

Steps

  1. Grind together all the ingredients for the spice paste until smooth.
  2. Clean the vegetables, and cut into bite-size pieces.
  3. Bring 1.2 liters of water to a boil in a pot. Stir in the spice paste, tamarind, galangal, and salam leaves.
  4. Gradually add the vegetables, starting with those that require a longer cooking time.
  5. Season with salt and sugar to taste.

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0