Gado Gado I

Description

Vegetable salad with peanut sauce

Ingredients

• ½ green cabbage
• 1 cucumber
• 3 potatoes (boiled in jackets)
• 3 hard-boiled eggs
• 100 g bean sprouts
• 100 g long beans
• 3 beancurd cakes (pre-fried)

Peanut sauce

• 1 medium onion
• 2 tbsp oil
• 2 tsp ground chilli
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 4 tbs ground roasted peanuts
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• salt / sugar to taste

Directions

1. Skin potatoes and dice.
2. Parboil long beans and cut 1 cm in length.
3. Slice cabbage in small squares.
4. Bring to boil (don’t overcook).
5. Julienne cucumber.
6. Parboil beansprouts.
7. Slice eggs into quarters.
8. Place the vegetables decoratively on a large platter.
9. Serve individually with peanut sauce.
10. Saute chopped onion in oil.
11. Add ground chilli, reduce heat; add peanuts and cook for a few minutes, stirring constantly.
12. Bring to boil and add coconut milk and allow to simmer for 5 minutes.
13. Season to taste with salt, sugar and lemon juice.
14. This sauce is preferably served hot during winter and at room temperature during summer.