Sayur Lodeh

Ingredients

• 1/2 head cabbage
• 2 carrots
• 1/2 turnip
• 250 g firm tofu
• 1 1/2 cups cut green beans
• 1 1/2 cups coconut milk
• 2 cups water

Spice blend

• 2 tablespoons chili paste
• 2 teaspoons shrimp paste (belacan)
• 2 medium onions
• 4 garlic cloves
• 2 stalks lemongrass
• 20 small dried shrimp, soaked in hot water to soften
• 1 inch fresh ginger
• 1 teaspoon coriander powder
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 4 tablespoons oil

Directions

1. 1

   Chop all the spice blend ingredients and add them to the blender, except.

2. 2

   the chilli powder. Blend it into a paste.

3. 3

   Combine coconut milk and water to form "thin coconut milk". Cut all the.

4. 4

   vegetables into small cubes and sticks.

5. 5

   After all the spices are blended, add chilli powder according to your.

6. 6

   tastes. Fry it in oil till the oils in the paste ooze out. DO NOT BURN IT!

7. 7

   Add thin coconut milk and bring it to a gentle boil. Dump in all the.

8. 8

   vegetables and tofu and simmer it till the vegetables are tender. Add salt to.

9. 9

   taste.

10. 10

    PS: Adding pepper is not reccomended.

11. 11

    Serve your Sayur Lodeh over rice.