Gado Gado

Photo: flickr user ~LuLu~ BR

Ingredients

2 mediums carrots, skinned and cut (2 to 3) into thin strips

250 grams stringless French beans, topped and tailed

1 lrg capsicum, (colour of your choice), cut into strips (discard 1 telegraph cucumber, peeled, seeded and cut into strips

100 grams tofu, cut into cubes or tempeh (optional)

50 grams bean sprouts

4 hard boiled eggs, cut into quarters

2 mediums potatoes, cooked and cut into

(2 to 3) cubes

2 tablespoons crushed peanuts for garnish

Coriander leaves for garnish

2 spring onions, (green parts only) chopped

1 tablespoon peanut oil

1 tablespoon chopped spring onions, white parts

1 teaspoon minced ginger

1 teaspoon minced garlic

1 teaspoon chilli sauce, (or chopped fresh or dried chilli)

2 tablespoons vegetable or chicken stock

2 heaped tbsp crunchy peanut butter

1 teaspoon shrimp paste or fish sauce, (optional)

1 teaspoon sugar, (preferably palm sugar but others will do)

2 teaspoons Indonesian soya sauce, (kecap minis)

2 teaspoons coconut milk, (2 to 3)

Preparation

Blanch carrots and beans by plunging into boiling water. Remove after a minute and plunge in icy cold water to refresh. Drain.

Repeat this process with bean sprouts but remove after 10 seconds.

Arrange all the vegetables, egg and tofu in separate piles on large serving platter with hard boiled egg in the centre.

Splash with hot peanut sauce (see below) and garnish with peanuts, coriander leaves and spring onions.

PEANUT SAUCE:Heat the peanut oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add the spring onions, garlic and ginger and cook for two minutes. Do not allow garlic to burn. Add chilli (optional) and stir.

Add the stock and stir, followed by peanut butter, fish sauce or shrimp paste, sugar and soya sauce. Add coconut milk to achieve smooth consistency.

To Serve... Arrange a platter with carrots, cucumber, bean sprouts, capsicum, tofu and hard boiled eggs and potatoes, then pour the peanut sauce over the top.

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Yield:

1.0 servings

Added:

Friday, February 12, 2010 - 2:45am

Creator:

Anonymous

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