BOILED VEGETABLES AND EGG WITH PEANUT SAUCE (GADO-GADO)

This dish is very popular in Jakarta and a lot of women. Including me, tend to eat Gado-gado for brunch because they want to keep slim by eating vegetables. Most Gado-gado street vendors will finish by 2pm. 

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

- 2 potatoes, skins removed

- 2 eggs

- 100 grams long beans or string beans (string removed), cut and boiled. 

- 100 grams morning glory or spinach, boiled

- 100 grams white cabbage, sliced and boiled

- 200 grams tofu, cut into 2 cm cubes and fried

Peanut sauce:

- 2 chilies

- 250 grams peanut butter

- 1 cloves garlic

- Salt

- 2 teaspoons palm sugar

- 1-2 cups water

- 1/2 teaspoons shrimp paste, fried

- 2 tablespoons tamarind juice (dissolve the tamarind with hot water and sieve it)

- 1 lime

Methods:

1. In separate saucepans, boil the potatoes and eggs. When cooked, peel the eggs and slice the potatoes and eggs into 1 cm wide slices. 

2. In a food processor, grind peanut butter garlic, chilies, salt, tamarind juice, and palm sugar until smooth. 

3. Add a little bit of water if the mixture is too thick. 

4. Arrange boiled potatoes, eggs and vegetables on a plate. 

5. Pour peanut sauce over this stir well. 

6. Sprinkle with lime juice.