Sayur Asem - Vegetables in Tamarind Soup
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Ingredients
- 500 gram cabbage, cored and cut into bite sizes
- 500 gram chayote (Indonesian: labu siam, peeled, cored, and cut into bite sizes
- 150 gram melinjo nuts (Indonesian: buah melinjo
- 150 gram melinjo leaves (Indonesian: daun melinjo
- 100 gram snake bean (Indonesian: kacang panjang, cut into 2 inches lengths
- 1 corn (Indonesian: jagung, cut into 1 inch sections
- 1 tomato, quartered
- 1½ liter water
- 2 lemon grass (Indonesian: sereh, bruised
- 8 fresh bay leaves (Indonesian: daun salam
- 25 gram galangal (Indonesian: lengkuas, peeled and bruised
- 60 gram palm sugar (Indonesian: gula Jawa
- 20 gram tamarind pulp (Indonesian: asam Jawa
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 10 red chilies
- 5 shallots
- 3 cloves garlic
- 5 candlenuts
- 1 inch fresh ginger, peeled
- 1 inch fresh turmeric, peeled (or about 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 10 gram (about ½ tablespoon shrimp paste (Indonesian: terasi
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