Gado-gado

   The weather is so hot today and I want to eat something fresh and healthy of course. How bout have a gado-gado for lunch! Sounds good, right!

   Gado-gado is famous-delicious traditional food of Indonesia. Making gado-gado is very easy if you following me recipe. First you have to prepare:

the ingredients:

-Fried tempe 2 pieces

-Fried tahu/tofu 2 pieces

-Hard boiled egg, cut into 2 pieces

-String beans cut into 4cm long pieces

-Shredded cabbage

-Water spinach

-Mung bean sprouts, 1 cup

-Chayotes cut into wedges

-Boiled corn

-Cucumber, slice into pieces

Vegetables

For the sauce:

-Ground roasted peanuts,

-Red chilis

-Palm sugar

-Salt

-Few drops of jeruk limau/kaffir lime juice

-Tamarind

-Hot water

sauce

For Garnish:

-Krupuk/Prawn crackers

-Fried scallion

Optinal:

-Steamed potato cut into bite size/steamed rice/ketupat

Lets cooking! Step:

1. Blanch and strain string beans, cabbage, water spinach, mung bean sprouts, chayotes, boiled corn cucumber
2. Grind finely ground roasted peanuts that you have prepared with 1 ts salt, 3 red chilis(or more if you like spicy taste), ¼ cup’s worth of palm sugar, few drops of lime juice
3. Mix ¼ cup of hot water with 1 tbs tamarind, and then add the juice to the sauce.
4. Add enough water and mix it well
5. Put the steamed potato, vegetables, fried tempe, tahu/tofu, boiled egg  on serving plate and pour the sauce on top.
6. Don’t forget to serve gado-gado with fried scallion and crackers!

That’s all! Happy cooking! 

Gado-gado is ready!