Eleanor Ford

Bir pletok

Preparation info

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

Fire Islands: Recipes from Indonesia

Fire Islands

By Eleanor Ford

Published 2019

  • About

Betawi people chill this spiced drink by shaking inside a bamboo stick filled with ice cubes, making a ‘pletok pletok’ sound that gives it its name.

Ingredients

  • 75 g (2½ oz) ginger, skin scrubbed, sliced
  • 3 lemongrass sticks, trimmed, bruised and tied in a knot

Method

Put all the ingredients in a pan with 750 ml (3 cups) water, cover and bring to the boil. Simmer for 10 minutes, then remove from the heat and leave to cool before straining. Serve chilled.