Serves
4
Preparation and cooking time 30 minutes.
Gado-Gado is a popular Indonesian dish consisting of a mixture of raw
and cooked vegetables arranged on a serving dish and served with a
spicy peanut sauce either poured over them or in a side bowl. It is
light, crunchy, tasty and good for you. The vegetables suggested in
the ingredients list may be changed to suit availability or personal
preference. If you do not like moderately hot food, omit the chilli
in the sauce or use less than suggested.
Ingredients
½ medium
cucumber, sliced
4 oz/100g beansprouts, washed, drained
½ crisp head lettuce,
washed, chopped
2 medium potatoes, peeled chopped
4 oz/100g French beans, top,
tail and string, cut into 2 in/ 5cm lengths
2 medium carrots, peeled, cut in half and then thickly sliced lengthways
Sauce
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
½ medium onion, finely diced
½ red chilli, Seeds removed, chopped or ¼tsp
hot pepper sauce
4 oz/100g peanut butter
2 tsp brown sugar
2 tsp lemon juice
8floz / 225g water
salt to taste
Garnish
1 hard-boiled egg, sliced
Method
1 Heat
the oil in a small pan and sauté the garlic, onion and chilli
pepper until softened.
2 Put the contents of
the pan into a blender and add the peanut butter, sugar, lemon juice
and water.
Process to a smooth sauce and then pour the sauce back into the pan.
3 Bring the sauce to
a gentle boil with occasional stirring, salt to taste and set on a
low simmer.
4 Put the potatoes on
to boil and cook until just tender.
5 Boil the carrots and
beans in salted water to just cover, for 5 minutes only, drain.
6 Arrange the cucumber,
beansprouts, lettuce, cooked potatoes and lightly steamed French beans
and carrots in a serving dish.
Garnish with slices of hard-boiled egg and serve with the hot peanut sauce
poured over or in a separate bowl.
Variation
For an authentic Indonesian-style peanut sauce substitute coconut milk (fresh
or canned) for the water in the sauce.
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