Soya Bean Relish

Name: Soya Bean Relish (Sambal Kacang Kedele)
Yield: Makes about 225 g/8 oz
Cuisine: Indonesia
Ingredients: 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 3 shallots, finely chopped; Salt to taste; 225 g/8 oz/1½ cups dry soya beans, washed and drained; 1.7 litres/3 pints/7½ cups water; 225 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup peanut oil; ½–1 tsp chilli powder

Sambal Kacang Kedele

Preparation info

Makes about
225 g

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Indonesian Regional Food and Cookery

By Sri Owen

Published 1994

About

This is a lovely crunchy relish, used to garnish bubur ayam, or, for instance, on nasi goreng or nasi rames.

Ingredients

225 g/8 oz/1½ cups dry soya beans, washed and drained
1.7

Asia
Indonesia
Side dish
South East Asia
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Put the beans in the water and bring this to a rolling boil. Turn off the heat, skim off and discard the froth that comes to the surface, cover the pan and leave the beans to soak for 1 hour.

Now boil the beans again in the same water for 1 hour, by which time the beans should be tender. Then add 1 teaspoonfu