Sayur Lodeh Recipe - Vegetables In Coconut Milk Curry

Sayur Lodeh is popular dish in Indonesia, vegetables with coconut santan easy to cook and delicious.  Usually serve with fried tempeh and sambal paste. 

Ingredients

• Oil -- 3 tablespoons
• Garlic, minced -- 2 to 3 cloves
• Galangal or fresh ginger, minced -- 2 teaspoons
• Chile pepper, sliced into rounds -- 1 to 3
• Lemongrass, white part of stalk only, minced -- 1 piece
• Coriander, ground -- 1 teaspoon
• Turmeric -- 1/2 teaspoon
• Coconut milk -- 2 cups
• Potato, peeled and diced -- 1
• Carrot, peeled and sliced into rounds -- 1
• Green beans, trimmed -- 1 cup
• Onion, thinly sliced -- 1
• Chinese or Napa cabbage, chopped -- 1 cup
• Scallions, chopped into 1-inch pieces -- 2 to 3
• Salt and pepper -- to taste

Method

1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan or wok over medium flame. Add the garlic, galangal or ginger, chiles, lemongrass, coriander and turmeric and stir fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
2. Add coconut milk, potatoes, carrots, green beans and onion and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until the potatoes are almost cooked through, 10 to 12 minutes.
3. Remove cover and stir in the add cabbage, scallions, salt and pepper. Simmer until the cabbage is just tender, about 3-4 minutes. Adjust seasoning and serve with rice.

TONGSENG CURRY RECIPE FROM SOLO CENTRAL JAVA

Tongseng is a food from Java especially from Solo City, central Java Province. Main ingredient is lamb or goat meat with vegetables and sweet soy sauce (ketchup).  If you eat tongseng, you should served with hot steamed rice.

Ingredients :

• 500 grams of lamb or beef, cut into pieces
• 150 grams of cabbage leaves
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon tamarind water
• 1 stalk lemongrass, crushed
• 5 tablespoons soy sauce
• 20 pcs of cayenne pepper
• 1 liter of water
• 6 pieces of red onion, thinly sliced
• salt and sugar, to taste

Spices :

• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 rounded teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon toasted coriander
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• half a teaspoon of ginger sliced

How to Cook :

• Saute onion in 3 tablespoons of cooking oil, until yellow
• Enter the spices, bay leaves and lemon grass
• Having fragrant, put the meat, cook until it changes color
• Add water, soy sauce and tamarind water, and cook until the meat soft
• Before the soup out, put cayenne pepper and cabbage, salt & sugar

Young Papaya Fruit Curry Recipe

Young Papaya Fruit is common used in indonesia as a food.

Ingredients:

2 tbsp cooking oil
1 stalk lemongrass, use the white part and crushed
2 lime leaves
250 gr medium-size fresh shrimp, remove the head
1 litre of coconut milk from 1 coconut fruit
500 gr young papaya, peeled, cut into 1 × 1 x 2 cm, squeeze them with a little salt until tender, drain
100 gr string beans, cut into 3 cm
10 petai fruit (stinking beans), cross section 1 cm
75 gr Young Belinjo / Melinjo leaves. If you can't find them, use Kohlrabi as substitute,it tastes almost like melinjo.
2 pcs of Asam Kandis*

    *Asam kandis is a dark sun-dried slices fruit, related to mangosteen. Asam kandis and asam gelugor is a family of Garnicia, but they are difference in species. Asam Kandis is Garnicia globulosa which is cultivated in Indonesia and Malaysia. It bears grapefruit-size fruits whose sweet pulp is eaten raw.
If Asam Kandis is not available in your location, you can try use Kokum (Garcinia Indica) instead which you can find at your local Indian/Pakistan/Caribbean grocery store.

Grind Spices:

5 shallots
2 cloves garlic
4 red chilies
2 cm ginger
1 tsp salt
1 tsp coriander, panbroiled
1/4 tsp cumin, panbroiled
1/2 tsp pepper grain, panbroiled

How to cook:

1. Heat oil and saute finely spices, lemon grass, lime leaves until fragrant
2. Add the shrimp, stir until shrimp changes color
3. Pour coconut milk, stir to boil.
4. Add papaya and string beans, cook until vegetables are tender
5. Add remaining ingredients, wait until all of them are cooked well.
6. Serve

For 6 servings.

PALLU BASA CURRY RECIPE

This recipe originally from Makassar south Sulawesi Province Indonesia. This curry very unique due to grated coconut. 

Ingredients:

3 tbsp Oil

2 stalks Lemon Grass, bruised

1/2 nutmeg Nutmeg

3 Cloves

5 cm Cinnamon stick

1 kg Beef, cut into pieces (1 X 3 X 5 cm)

150 g Shredded coconut, roasted, ground

1 liter Coconut milk from 1 coconut

2 tbsp Tamarind juice

Spices grinded :

2 tbsp Coriander

1/2 tbsp Peppercorns

1 tsp Cumin

1/4 tsp Aniseed

100 g Red chili peppers

8 Shallots

1 1/2 tsp Chopped ginger

1 tbsp Chopped galangal

1 tsp Salt

Method :

• Heat the oil and sauté ground spices, lemon grass, nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon until fragrant.
• Add beef and stir.
• Then add roasted coconut and coconut milk.
• Simmer and stir from time to time until the beef is tender and the gravy has thickened.
• Add the tamarind juice and simmer over low heat for 5 more minutes.
• Serve hot.

Indonesian Goat Curry Recipe

Ingredients:
1 lb lamb meat
6 sm shallots
3 x garlic cloves
1/2 x inch fresh turmeric
6 x candlenuts
4 x lime leaves
1 x lemongrass stalk
4 x salam leaves
8 cup coconut milk
Salt to taste
Freshly-ground white pepper to taste
Vegetable oil as needed

Method:
Cut lamb meat into some parts. Grind shallots, garlic, candlenuts and turmeric to form a paste.
Stir fry lamb meat in a large pan with 2 tablespoons vegetable oil on medium-high heat. Put in the ground spices paste and stir until fragrant.
Add lime leaves, lemongrass and salam leaves, salt and pepper. Finally, pour the coconut milk and let it boil until the lamb is cooked and tender and the liquid is thickened. Ready to serve.
This recipe yields 3 to 4 servings.

Indonesian Squid Curry Recipe

This squid curry recipe is indonesian version

Ingredients:
500 g (1 lb) fresh squid, remove head and ink sac
1 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
1 teaspoon finely grated fresh ginger
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon chili powder
½ teaspoon dried shrimp paste (trasi)
1¾ cups coconut milk
4 kemiri nuts or brazil nuts, grated
1 stalk lemon grass, finely sliced or 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 teaspoon palm sugar or substitute
4 tablespoons tamarind liquid or lemon juice to taste

Directions:
Wash well inside and out of squid and rub away spotted skin from body. Cut each squid in halves lengthways, then into bite-size pieces. Put all other ingredients except sugar and tamarind or lemon juice into a saucepan and bring to simmering point, stirring. Allow to simmer over low heat, uncovered, until thickened. Stir occasionally. Add squid, simmer for 5 to 6 minutes. Add sugar and tamarind or lemon juice, taste and add more salt if necessary. Serve hot with rice and vegetables.