Indonesian
Bobor Bayam (Spinach in Mild Coconut Broth)
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Bobor Bayam (Spinach in Mild Coconut Broth) is Indonesian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable and the soup. 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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Bring the water to a boil with the sliced shallots, garlic, and salam leaves.
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Add the corn kernels and simmer 5 minutes.
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Stir in the grated kencur.
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Pour in the coconut milk and salt and simmer gently, uncovered, 5 minutes.
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Add the spinach and cook just until wilted, about 1 minute.
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Serve warm alongside rice.
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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 Bobor Bayam (Spinach in Mild Coconut Broth), 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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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Bobor Bayam (Spinach in Mild Coconut Broth) carries coconut. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Capcay (Indonesian Stir-Fried Mixed Vegetables) |
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
- 270 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 12 g
- Fat
- 23 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 290 mg
- Saturated fat
- 20 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Bobor Bayam (Spinach in Mild Coconut Broth) 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. It is at its best in the monsoon, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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