Indonesian Recipes (Bali, Java) - Yellow Colored Relish (Acar Kuning) Recipe

Ingredients

• 2-3 carrots

• 1 cucumber

• 1 small cauliflower

• 20-25 fresh pickling (button) onions, or red shallots

• 2-3 red chilies

• 1 handful baby corn cobs

• 3 Chinese shallots

• 2 cloves garlic

• 1 piece galangal root, about 2 cm/3/4 in long

• 1 piece ginger root, about 1 cm/3/8 in long

• 3 kemiri nuts (or macadamia nuts)

• 1 teaspoon turmeric

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar

• 1/2 cup water

• 1 cup white rice vinegar

• 1 tablespoon oil for frying

Serves 4

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Method:

1. Peel the carrots, remove the seeds from the gherkins and cut both into bite-sized pieces.

2. Wash and prepare the cauliflower and divide the florets into bite-sized pieces. Peel the pickling onions.

3. Remove the seeds from the chilies and cut diagonally into thin strips. Peel the shallots, garlic, galangal root and ginger and puree with the kemiri nuts. Season with turmeric and salt.

4. Fry this paste in oil, add the sugar and stir well. Add the water and rice vinegar and bring to the boil briefly.

5. Strain the mixture and add the carrots, gherkins, cauliflower, chilies and corn cobs to the liquid. Cover and keep in a cool place for 1 to 2 days.

6. This relish will keep for about a week in a refrigerator.