Sayur Asam (Sour Soup)

Indonesian Famous sour soup, easy to prepare and fat free.

Sayur asam

 in a chopper,chop until fine

25 g raw peanut

40 g shellots

7 g garlic

50 g red big chilly, remove the seeds if you don't like spicy food

50 g palm sugar( gula malaka)

5 g shrimp paste

8 g salt

20 g sugar

90 g tamarind,  soak with 3 tbsp of water, work the mixture with your finger tips. remove stones.

20 g galangal,  (blue ginger)crush 

5 pcs indonesia bay leaves (daun salam) 

2 1/2 litres of water for the soup

Cabbage and longbean

young corns

wash n rinse the vegetables under running water

- 500 g corn, old or young, cut into 3 cm long

- 500 g chayote, cut into cube od 2X 1 X 1 cm

- 200 g young jack fruit, cut into 2 X 2 cm

- 200 g longbean, cut into 3 cm

- 200 g cabbage, divided into smaller pieces

or any type of vegetables that's availabe  at your place

method :

1. bring to boil 2 1/2 litres of water and  crushed galangal, Indonesia bay leaves

2. add in the finley chopped ingerdients,  bring it to boil, taste it, is it suit your taste?

3. lower the vegetabels that need more time cook, such as corn, chayote and young jack fruit, boil until it cook.

4. add in long bean

5. cabbage should be the last to be add in

turn off the stove, it is best to be serve 4 hours later.