Gado Gado is an Indonesian salad that is made with slightly boiled or steamed vegetables and served with a peanut sauce dressing. It is also known as lotek.
The Peanut sauce on this traditional Indonesian vegetable dish owes its flavor to galangal, an aromatic rhizome that resembles ginger.
SERVES 4
Ingredients:
Gado Gado | Indonesian Veggie Salad Recipe
250 g white cabbage, shredded
4 carrots cut into matchsticks
4 celery sticks, cut into matchsticks
250 g bean sprouts
½ cucumber, cut like matchsticks
Salted peanuts, fried onion, and wedged fresh chili, to garnish
For the Peanuts Sauce
1 tbsp oil
1 garlic clove, crushed
One onion, finely chopped
1 small piece galangal, peeled and grated
1 tsp ground cumin
¼ tsp chili powder
1 tsp lime juice or tamarind paste
4 tbsp crunchy peanut butter
1 tsp brown sugar
Preparation Method:
Gado Gado | Indonesian Veggie Salad Recipe
Steam the carrot, cabbage, and celery for about 3-4 minutes or until just tender. Leave to cool. Spread out the bean sprouts on a large serving plate. Arrange the cabbage, carrot, celery, and cucumber on top.
To make the sauce, heat the oil in a saucepan, add garlic and finely chopped onion and cook gently for 5-6 minutes until soft.
Mix in the spices and cook for 1 minute more. Add the lime juice or tamarind paste, peanut butter, and sugar. Mix well.
Heat the sauce gently, stirring occasionally and adding a little hot water if necessary to make the sauce runny enough to coat the vegetables when poured.
Spoon a little of the sauce over the vegetables and mix together lightly. Garnish with fried onions, peanuts, and sliced chili. Serve the rest of the sauce in a bowl separately.
Enjoy with Gado Gado, an Indonesian veggie salad dish
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