Lotek

Name: Lotek (Steamed Vegetables with Peanut Dressing)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons water; 6 oz (175 g) pumpkin or squash; 6 oz (175 g) green beans; 6 oz (175 g) water spinach (kangkung) or spinach; ½ cup (75 g) fried or roasted unsalted peanuts; 1 large potato, peeled and diced; 1 cup (50 g) bean sprouts, seed coats and tails discarded; ½ teaspoon dried shrimp paste (trasi), dry-roasted; ¾ in (2 cm) fresh kencur root, peeled and sliced; 2–3 bird’s-eye chilies, deseeded; 1 teaspoon shaved palm sugar or dark brown sugar; 1 teaspoon salt

Steamed Vegetables with Peanut Dressing

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

The Food of Indonesia

By Heinz Von Holzen

Published 2015

About

The sauce served with this cooked vegetable salad has ground peanuts for extra flavor and nutrition. It is said that Sundanese women have such beautiful skin because they eat so many vegetables.

Ingredients

6 oz (175 g) water spinach (kangkung) or spinach
6 oz (

Asia
Indonesia
Fish course
Pescatarian
South East Asia
Gluten-free

Method

Make the Lotek Dressing by pulsing the peanuts in a blender until coarsely ground, then add the kencur, chilies, dried shrimp paste, palm sugar, salt and water and grind to a smooth sauce. Set aside.
To prepare the vegetables, rinse and trim the young shoots of the water spinach or spinach from the main stems. Peel and dice the pumpkin or squash. Cut the