Name: Mixed Vegetables with Peanut Sauce (Petjel)
Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients: 1 cup bean sprouts; 1 pound spinach; 1 cup diced green beans; 1 cup sliced cabbage; 1½ cups water; 1 teaspoon shrimp paste; 1 tablespoon ground hot red pepper; 3 tablespoons peanut butter; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; Salt; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; 1 garlic clove, minced

Preparation info

6
Servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

New York Times Menu Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1966

About

Ingredients

3 tablespoons peanut butter
1½ cups water
1 teaspoon

Method

Combine the peanut butter, water, shrimp paste, garlic, brown sugar, red pepper and lemon juice in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for two minutes. Add salt to taste. Cool.
Boil the cabbage and beans in salted water to cover for twenty minutes. Add the spinach and simmer for five minutes. Add the bean sprouts and cook, stirring,