Sayur Lodeh
- 300g Cooked Bamboo Shoots
- 80g Chinese Cabbage
- 2 sticks Dried Yellow Tofu Skin
- 160g Long Beans
- 160g French Beans
- 160g Carrots
- 1 Onion, diced
- 2 pieces Firm Tofu
- 300g Fermented Soy Bean Cakes
- 300g Small Prawns
- 2 tbsp Dried Prawns
- 150ml Oil
- 500g Grated Coconut
- 1 l water
- 1 1/2 tsp Sugar
- 1 tbsp Salt
- == Rempah ==
- 5 Candlenuts
- 20 Shallots
- 2 cloves Garlic
- 10 dried Chillies
- 1 tbsp Belacan
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- 1 thumb size knob galangal
- PREPARATION
- 1. If dried chillies are used for the rempah, soak them in hot water
- 2. Slice the bamboo shoots, cabbage and dried tofu skin into 2.5cm squares
- 3. Rinse then cut the long beans and french beans into 2.5cm lengths
- 4. Peel then slice the carrots and onion
- 5. Cut the firm rofu and fermented soy bean cakes into small cubes or slices
- 6. Shell and devein the small prawns (optional)
- 7. Roughly Pound / Chop the dried prawns
- 8. Prepare the rempah: Deseed then roughly chop the soaked dried chillies. Peel and roughly chop the shallots and garlic. Pound/blend all the rempah ingredients together, adding the turmeric powder and peeled and bruised galangal last.
- METHOD
- 1. Heat a wok over a high flame until it smokes. Add the Oil. Sit Fry the firm tofu pieces until light golden brown. Remove and drain.
- 2. Fry the fermented soy bean cakes until golden brown. Remove and drain.
- 3. Add the rempah, then lower the flame. Add the dried prawns and o nions. Stir fry.
- 4. Over a high flame, add the small prawns then stir fry. Add 5 tbsp coconut milk and stir-fry for a few minutes.
- 5. Add the remaining vegetables and dried tofu skin. Fry for 5 min, then add the remaining coconut milk. Bring to the boil and continue stirring.
- 6. Add the fried fermented soy bean cakes and fried firm tofu. Simmer for 10-15 min. Add salt and sugar to taste.
shoots, chinese cabbage, beans, beans, carrots, onion, prawns, prawns, oil, water, sugar, salt, candlenuts, shallots, garlic, chillies, belacan, turmeric, knob galangal
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/sayur-lodeh-50068946 (may not work)