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RCI-SP.003.0013.001

Sayur Asem

Cuisine of Indonesia This vegetable soup is a must-have item on the menu of every West Java (Sundan

Prep15 min
Cook30 min
Total45 min
Servings4
Difficultyadvanced

Ingredients

  • Vegetable for the soup
    1 unit
  • yardlong bean
    100 g
  • chayote
    1 unit
  • gr corn
    50 unit
  • young jackfuit
    100 g
  • gr Gnetum gnemon leaves and fruits (Belinjau)
    50 unit
  • gr raw peanuts
    50 unit
  • galangal
    105 g
  • salam leaves
    2 unit
  • fresh tamarind or Asam Jawa tamarind paste
    or
    20 g
  • (dried) Belimbing sayur
    5 unit
  • Spice paste
    using food processor grind the following ingredients:
    1 unit
  • fresh red chili pepper
    1 unit
  • shallot
    2 unit
  • terasi
    2 g
  • tbl. salt
    1/2 unit

Method

1
Clean the vegetables, cut into bite size
2
Boil 1.2 liter of water in a pot
3
Put the spice paste and the ingredients, with vegetables needs longer cooking time first (corn, peanuts, young jackfruit, etc.)
4
Add salt and sugar to taste