Malaysian
Chap Chai (Malaysian Mixed Vegetable Stew)
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Chap Chai (Malaysian Mixed Vegetable Stew) is Malaysian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable. 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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Cut the cauliflower into small florets, slice the carrot thinly, and slice the mushrooms.
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Cut the tofu into cubes and pan-fry in 1 tbsp oil until golden on most sides, about 5 minutes, then set aside.
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Heat the remaining oil in a wide pot and fry the garlic until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
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Add the carrot, cauliflower, and mushrooms and stir-fry 3 minutes.
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Whisk the chicken broth, oyster sauce, soy sauce, cornstarch, and salt together and pour into the pot.
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Add the napa cabbage, cover, and simmer until the vegetables are tender, about 6 minutes.
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Fold in the fried tofu and simmer 2 minutes more to warm through.
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Serve hot alongside rice.
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Serve it with
A Malaysian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Chap Chai (Malaysian Mixed Vegetable Stew), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
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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. Chap Chai (Malaysian Mixed Vegetable Stew) carries gluten, shellfish, and soy. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Asam Pedas Ikan (Malaysian Spicy Sour Fish Stew) |
| Shellfish | Yes | Asam Pedas Ikan (Malaysian Spicy Sour Fish Stew) |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Asam Pedas Ikan (Malaysian Spicy Sour Fish Stew) |
| 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
- 150 kcal
- Protein
- 8 g
- Carbs
- 10 g
- Fat
- 9 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 430 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Chap Chai (Malaysian Mixed Vegetable Stew) takes about 25 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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