Name: Green-Bean Sambal Goreng (Sambal Goreng Buntjies)
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 1 tablespoon tamarind juice (see note); 2 cups 1-inch slices of green beans; Salt; 2 bay leaves; 1 cup Coconut Milk; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 medium onion, sliced; 2 garlic cloves, sliced; 1 tablespoon diagonal slices of hot red pepper; 1 teaspoon shrimp paste (available in Chinese markets)

Preparation info

4
Servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

New York Times Menu Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1966

About

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 medium onion, sliced
2 garlic cloves, sliced

Method

Heat the oil in a saucepan and sauté the onion, garlic, red pepper and shrimp paste in it for two minutes. Add coconut milk, sugar, bay leaves and salt to taste. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for five minutes.
Add the beans and simmer for twenty minutes. Two minutes before serving, add tamarind juice.