Indonesian
Acar Timun (Indonesian Pickled Cucumber and Carrot)
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Acar Timun (Indonesian Pickled Cucumber and Carrot) is Indonesian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the condiment and the fresh side. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Combine the vinegar, water, sugar, and salt in a small pot and warm just until the sugar dissolves.
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Let the brine cool slightly.
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Slice the cucumber and carrot into batons and thinly slice the shallots.
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Toss the cucumber, carrot, shallots, and Thai chilies in a bowl.
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Pour the warm brine over the vegetables and let them sit at least 15 minutes before serving.
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Serve chilled or at room temperature alongside the meal.
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Serve it with
A Indonesian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Acar Timun (Indonesian Pickled Cucumber and Carrot), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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The protein alongside
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Acar Timun (Indonesian Pickled Cucumber and Carrot) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 40 kcal
- Protein
- 0 g
- Carbs
- 10 g
- Fat
- 0 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 7 g
- Sodium
- 390 mg
- Saturated fat
- 0 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Acar Timun (Indonesian Pickled Cucumber and Carrot) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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