Stir-fried carrots

Name: Stir-fried carrots (Oseng-Oseng Wortel)
Yield: to serve two
Cuisine: Indonesia
Ingredients: 250 g (8 oz) carrots; 4 shallots; 4 tbs good stock or 1 tsp dark soya sauce and 4 tbs water; 2 tbs vegetable oil or clarified butter; 1 clove garlic; ½ a green or red chilli or a pinch of chilli powder

Oseng-Oseng Wortel

Preparation info

to serve
two

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Indonesian Food and Cookery

By Sri Owen

Published 1980

About

These are carrots, cut into matchsticks and cooked in a little oil or butter. The word wortel doesn’t Sound Indonesian and isn’t. It is borrowed from the Dutch name for the carrot, since it was the Dutch who introduced this vegetable to Indonesia.

Ingredients

250 g (8 oz) carrots
4 shallots
1

Asia
Indonesia
Side dish
Gluten-free
South East Asia
Vegan

Method

Peel, wash, and cut the carrots into small sticks. Slice the shallots and chilli. Crush the garlic. In a wok, heat 2 tablespoonfuls of vegetable oil or clarified butter. Sauté the sliced shallots and chilli for 1 minute, then add the garlic and the carrots. Stir continuously for a minute or so and t