Sayur Asem [ Indonesian Sour And Spicy Vegetables Soup Recipe ]

Sayur asem or sayur asam is a popular Indonesian tamarind dish. Common ingredients are peanuts, young jackfruit, melinjo, bilimbi, chayote, long beans, all cooked in tamarind-based soups and sometimes enriched with beef stock. Quite often, the recipe also includes corn. The sweet and sour flavour of this dish is considered refreshing and very compatible with fried or grilled dishes, including fish and lalapan, a kind of vegetable salad usually raw but can also be cooked, and is usually eaten with sambal terasi.

Ingredients

• 1 piece of squash, peeled, cut into
• 2 pieces of sweet corn, cut into pieces
• 1 handful of leaves and fruit melinjo
• 50 gr peanuts, wash clean, in order for the liquid does not boil brown
• 6 pieces string beans, cut into pieces
• 10 pieces of cabbage, cut into pieces
• 2 bay leaves lbr
• 2 cm galangal, crushed
• 3 tbsp sour fruit / to taste
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 ½ liters of water
• Salt to taste

Spices

• 5 pieces of red chilli
• 6 spring onions
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 4 items hazelnut
• 3 candlenut
• 1 tsp shrimp paste cooked / to taste

How to Make

1. Boil water along with spices, bay leaves, galangal and tamarind fruit. after input boiling corn, fruit melinjo. Stir and let over medium heat until tender.
2. Take a fruit acid that is soft and puree, strain and take the water and acidic water input return
3. Enter the long beans, squash, peanuts are boiled and salt.
4. Vegetables are almost cooked, put the cabbage, leaf melinjo, sugar and cook until boiling. Fire in turn.
5. Remove and serve.
6. To complement, you may add chili paste, fish fries, or onion on top. Good luck and enjoy this simple dish deliciousness.

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