Sayur Asem

Ingredients

• Blended Spices ingredients:
  • 2 clove garlic
  • 7 pc shallot
  • 3 pc large red chili
  • 50 g peanut
  • 100 ml water
• Others:
  • 100 g kidney bean
  • 100 g peanut
  • 125 g baby corn
  • 9 pc yardlong bean
  • 80 g melinjo
  • 1 pc sweet corn
  • 35 g melinjo leaf
  • 2 pc chayote
  • 100 g tamarind
  • 30 g galangal, pounded
  • 100 g palm sugar
  • 4 pc bay leaf
  • 2.5 liter water
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 tbsp sugar

Steps

1. Boil water in a pan.
2. Blend red chili, shallots, garlic, peanuts, and water until smooth. Add into the boiling water.
3. Add peanuts, kidney beans, and melinjo into the pan, followed with galangal and bay leaf.
4. Mix the tamarind with hot water well, then strain into the pan.
5. Add palm sugar, white sugar, and salt. Cook for 15-20 minutes.
6. Slice the chayote, yardlong beans, baby corn, and sweet corn.
7. Add the chayote, yardlong beans, baby corn, sweet corn, and melinjo leaf into the pan. Cook until soft.
8. Slice the salted fish. Soak it in hot water, then pat dry.
9. Heat some oil. Add flour, then fry the salted fish until cooked. Set aside.
10. Sayur Asem is ready to serve.