This is Super Easy to make and healthy. You do not need the ready-mix seasoning to make it tasty because its simple spices make it so tasty.
Sayur Asem - Indonesian Sour Soup
Here you go…
Ingredients:
- Belinjo nuts (or you can use peanuts, Belinjo nuts is not so healthy for health so don’t eat too much, it contains a lot of uric acid).
- Long bean, optional
- Unripe jackfruit
- Brinjal, optional
- Cabbage
- Sweet Corn
- Chayote
- Tamarinds, soak with water and just its water only
- Palm Sugar (or you may use raw sugar if it’s hard to find palm sugar), soak in hot water and filter it
- Salt
- Lemongrass
- Bay-Leaves
- Blue Ginger
Spices to blend til very fine:
- Shallots
- Garlics
- Candle nuts
- Red chillies
Methods:
Wash all of the ingredients above. Boil the peanuts or Belinjo nuts til soften with lemongrass, bay-leaves and blue ginger, then put in the chayote, corns and unripe jackfruit. Bring it to simmer again. Put in all the blended spices, tamarind water, salt, and palm sugar water. Wait til it simmer again, then put in all the rest of the ingredients. Try to taste it, it supposed to be sour, a little bit of sweet, spicy and salty. And say NO to MSG!!!!
Happy TRyinG,
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