Cooking: Sayur Asem - Indonesian Sweet and Sour Vegetables Soup

It's been cold lately so I have been cooking soup and soup and soup including this one.

The Ingredients


The Process



The Result:

Sayur Asam / Indonesian Sweet and Sour Vegetables Soup

Ingredients:

8 cups of beef / chicken broth 

4 salam leaves

2 pieces of dried galangal

2 corn cobs cut into 4 pieces 

1- 2 cups of green beans, cut into 2 inches lengths

2 chayotes, peeled, cut into 1 inch squares

1 cup of lightly boiled raw peanuts or fresh melinjo nuts (optional)

1 - 2 Tablespoons of tamarind paste

10 pieces of peeled shrimps (optional)

1/4 - 1/2 cabbage leaves

2 tomatoes

3 - 4 Tablespoons palm sugar, 

1 teaspoon salt or more as prefer

minced ingredients:

2 large red chillies

5 cloves of garlic

3 large shallots

Directions:

1. Make the broth by boiling beef bone inside 8 - 10 cups of water for 1-2 hour inside a pressure cooker

2. Grind all the minced ingredients in a mortar or small blender

3. Once the broth is ready, add the salt, tamarind paste, peanuts, minced ingredients, galangal, Salam leaves, corns, chayote, green beans and cabbage, keep cooking until until the veggies are tender.

4. Finally add the shrimp, tomatoes, and sugar. Adjust the taste as prefer. 

5. Eat with rice and chili sauce 

Enjoy!