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

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

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

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