Traditional Indonesian food: GADO-GADO

Gado-gado is an Indonesian salad made with several steamed vegetables and also accompanied by hard-boiled eggs, boiled potatoes, fried tofu, tempe, as well as chopped lontong or ketupat (rice cake), served with a spicy peanut sauce dressing.

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Recipe: Gado-Gado

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Today we bring you the traditional recipe of Gado Gado. A fresh and healthy Indonesian salad, that you can cook in your home this weekend. And surely, it will satisfy all of our vegetarian followers… and those who aren’t too!

🍽️ Gado-Gado: Ingredients (serving 4 people)

• 200g green beans (or asparagus beans), cut into 5cm pieces and blanched
• 200g soybean sprouts, blanched
• 200g white cabbage, sliced and blanched
• 4 hard-boiled eggs, cut into quarters
• 4 small cucumbers, sliced
• 300g firm tofu
• 300g tempeh
• 2 potatoes, boiled and diced (optional)
• Lontong or rice cake (optional)
• Krupuk or emping (crackers, optional)

For peanut sauce:

• 300g peanuts (no salt)
• 5 garlic cloves, peeled
• 2 red chillies, seeded and chopped
• 60g palm sugar
• 1 tablespoon tamarind extract
• Juice of 1 lime
• Salt

👨🏼 🍳 Gado-Gado: Steps to take for preparation

• Step 1:

Blanch all vegetables: briefly immerse them in boiling water, so that they don’t get fully cooked: let them boil for a few moments, bring them out with a foamer and pass them right away by cold water.

• Step 2:

Prepare the sauce by frying the peanuts in a hot pan with a tablespoon of oil. Stir frequently for a few minutes, until slightly brown.

• Step 3:

Mix peanuts, garlic and chilli with a mortar for a smooth paste.

• Step 4:

In a saucepan, combine the processed mixture with tamarind extract, lemon juice and water (about 50 ml). Continue simmering to achieve the desired consistency, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.

• Step 5:

Cut the tofu into 2 cm cubes. Fry the tofu in a frying pan with hot oil to lightly brown on all sides.

• Step 6:

Cut the tempeh and fry for a few minutes.

• Step 7:

Place all ingredients in a dish and serve with the peanut sauce on top.

👉 As we always tell you, there are many variations of this same dish that you can make: just think about all the different types of vegetables you could use. Be creative and try to make your own version of Gado-Gado! 👌

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Selamat makan semuanya! 😋 ⠀