Classic Gado Gado

Name: Classic Gado Gado (Tofu and Vegetable Salad with Peanut Dressing)
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons sweet Indonesian soy sauce (kecap manis); 2 cakes (about 7 oz/200 g each) deep-fried tofu, sliced; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lime or lemon juice; 2–3 bird’s-eye chilies or red finger-length chilies, deseeded; 1 cup (50 g) bean sprouts, seed coats and tails discarded; 2 cups (180 g) spinach, rinsed, tough stems discarded; 1 kaffir lime leaf; 2 hard-boiled eggs, cut into wedges; 1 cup (100 g) green beans, cut into short lengths; ¼ head cabbage, leaves separated and sliced; 1 carrot, sliced; 2 cups (500 ml) water; 2 tablespoons Crispy Fried Shallots, to garnish; Krupuk shrimp crackers, to serve (optional); 2 cloves garlic, peeled; 1 cup (150 g) roasted unsalted peanuts; ½ cm) fresh kencur root, peeled and sliced

Tofu and Vegetable Salad with Peanut Dressing

Preparation info

Serves
4 to 6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 35

Appears in

The Food of Indonesia

By Heinz Von Holzen

Published 2015

About

Ingredients

1 cup (50 g) bean sprouts, seed coats and tails discarded
2 cups (

Asia
Indonesia
Fish course
Pescatarian
South East Asia

Method

Prepare the Crispy Fried Shallots by following the recipe.
To make the Gado Gado Dressing, coarsely grind the peanuts, garlic, chilies and kencur in a mortar or blender, adding a little water if necessary to keep the mixture turning. Place the ground mixture in a saucepan wit