Javanese Long Bean Salad Plate with Cabbage Wedges Lalapan

This colorful herb and vegetable platter is the traditional Javanese accompaniment to grilled fish. You won’t be able to duplicate it exactly, as they use strange aromatic herbs, like daun mangi and daun rispong, that simply don’t exist in the West. (To hint at their flavor, I’ve called for epazote—a Mexican herb—with a clean, woodsy, pleasantly bitter flavor.) Long beans are Asian green beans that can measure up to eighteen inches in length. Look for them at Asian markets or