Saturday, March 26, 2011

Nyonya Acar



This was a dish that I had wanted to do for a long time but never had the patience to chop up all the vegetables. Such a tedious chore.

However, after my near death experience this morning, walking to a local school to cast my vote for Election day, well, I decided that I just have to make this dish when I got home.

Bloody Hoons with their doof doof speakers out loud...they tried to run me over!!!

Huh! See, I am still alive and home. So I took my time cutting up all the veges, aren't they pretty? So relaxing and such beautiful colours too!





Nyonya Acar


Ingredients:
  • 300 g cauliflower, cut into flowerets
  • 300 g cabbage, cut into small square pieces
  • 250 g roasted peanuts, coarsely ground
  • 4 tbsp sesame seeds
Cut into 3 cm lengths: Add as many veges as you like
  • 2 medium sized cucumbers, discard the soft centres
  • 2 medium sized carrots
  • 200 g long beans
A: mixed together
  • 500 ml vinegar
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 300 ml water
B: ground or blend to a paste with 4 tbsp oil
  • 100 g dried shallots
  • 500 g shallots
  • 5 tbsp sugar
  • 120 g dried prawns
  • 1 tbsp turmeric powder
  • 3 tbsp vinegar
C: fried and allowed to cool
  • 4 tbsp chili paste or ground chili
  • 6 tbsp oil
Directions:
  1. Sprinkle 1 tbsp salt over cucumber and carrot strips and leave to stand for 1 hour. Rinse and drain.
  2. In a Dutch Oven, bring the ingredients A to the boil. Add in the vegetables, one type at a time and boil for 1 to 2 mins. Scoop out with a sieve, drain and spread on a large tray to cool. Repeat for each type of vegetable.
  3. Heat ½ cup oil, fry ingredients B till fragrant and dish out.
  4. With a clean wok, fry ingredients C, until the oil turns red. Remove and set aside.
  5. Combine everything together in a large bowl. Stir well. Lastly, add the ground peanuts and sesame seeds. Leave it to cool overnight before storing in bottles or serving.

3 comments:

Dolly said...

thank god ur still alive, otherwise noo food porn.. jks

yeah i know wat u mean >< ><

Yummy Stuff said...

Thanks Dolly ;)

thang @ noodlies said...

that experience was scary.. who knew voting can be a near death experience.

Nice looking nyonya acar!

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