Gado Gado

Name: Gado Gado
Yield: Serves 2–4
Cuisine: Indonesia
Ingredients: 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped; A splash of vegetable oil; 50g/2oz palm sugar or brown sugar; 3 lime leaves; 150ml/5fl oz coconut milk; 1 fresh red chilli, finely chopped; 3 shallots, finely chopped; 400ml/14fl oz water; 200g/7oz unsalted peanuts; 2 carrots, peeled and thinly sliced; A handful of beansprouts, washed and drained; 4 shallots, finely sliced; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 1teaspoon tamarind paste; 2tablespoons sweet soy sauce; 200g/7oz tofu, cut into cubes; A handful of green beans, trimmed; ½ a cucumber, shaved

Preparation info

Serves
2–4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Around the World in 80 Dishes

By David Loftus

Published 2012

About

This is traditional Indonesian street food and normally consists of a vegetable salad with a peanut dressing — which is poured over the salad just before serving. The name literally means’mix-mix’ in Indonesian and the recipe differs from region to region. This is the Anna Jones version, based on her travels and tribulations in South East Asia.

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Asia
Indonesia
South East Asia
Vegetarian

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