Ingredients

  • 1/2 head cabbage
  • 2 carrots
  • 1/2 turnip
  • 250 g firm tofu
  • 1 1/2 cups cut green beans
  • 1 1/2 cups coconut milk
  • 2 cups water
  • Spice blend
  • 2 tablespoons chili paste
  • 2 teaspoons shrimp paste (belacan)
  • 2 medium onions
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 2 stalks lemongrass
  • 20 small dried shrimp, soaked in hot water to soften
  • 1 inch fresh ginger
  • 1 teaspoon coriander powder
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 4 tablespoons oil

Method

  • Chop all the spice blend ingredients and add them to the blender, except.
  • the chilli powder. Blend it into a paste.
  • Combine coconut milk and water to form "thin coconut milk". Cut all the.
  • vegetables into small cubes and sticks.
  • After all the spices are blended, add chilli powder according to your.
  • tastes. Fry it in oil till the oils in the paste ooze out. DO NOT BURN IT!
  • Add thin coconut milk and bring it to a gentle boil. Dump in all the.
  • vegetables and tofu and simmer it till the vegetables are tender. Add salt to.
  • taste.
  • PS: Adding pepper is not reccomended.
  • Serve your Sayur Lodeh over rice.