Asian Rice, Noodles and Snacks Recipes - Indonesian Vegetable Snack (Rujak Pamekasan) Recipe

Ingredients

• 1lb. (500 g.) lontong/compressed rice

• 1 cucumber (sliced in chunks)

• 1 bangkuang/tumip (sliced in chunks)

• 4 small green mangoes (sliced in chunks)

• 4 kacang panjang/long beans (sliced into equal lengths)

• 1/2 lb. (250 g.) kangkung/water convolvulus (picked & blanched)

• 3 oz. (90 g.) taoge/bean sprouts (tailed & blanched)

• 2 cakes tempe/fermented soy beans (sliced & fried crisp)

• 2 cakes tahu/bean curd (sliced & fried)

• 30 pieces krupuk singkong/dried vegetable crisps (fried & crushed)

Sauce Ingredients:

• 4 tablespoons petis/wet shrimp paste

• 1-inch (2.5-cm.) piece terasi/dried shrimp, ground

• paste (dry-fried), ground

• 2 oz. (30 g.) peanuts (fried), ground

• 6 lombok rawit/bird chilies, ground

• salt to taste

• 2 teaspoons sugar

• 4 tablespoons vinegar

Serves 4

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Method:

1. Slice compressed rice and arrange on serving plates.

2. Arrange portions of vegetables over the rice. Top with fermented soy beans and bean curd.

3. To prepare sauce. Blend together all the ingredients. Adjust seasoning.

4. Pour sauce over the rice and vegetables. Sprinkle with vegetable crisps. Serve.