Indonesian
Sayur Asem (Tamarind Vegetable Soup)
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Sayur Asem (Tamarind Vegetable Soup) is Indonesian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre, the soup, 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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Bring the water to a boil with the galangal, bay leaves, and smashed garlic.
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Add the raw peanuts and simmer 10 minutes to soften.
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Add the chayote and simmer 5 minutes, then add the green beans and sliced shallots.
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Stir in the tamarind paste, palm sugar, and salt and simmer until the vegetables are tender, about 8 minutes.
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Add the chopped tomato in the last 2 minutes so it stays bright.
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Taste and balance the sour, sweet, and salty notes, then ladle into bowls and serve hot.
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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 Sayur Asem (Tamarind Vegetable Soup), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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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. Sayur Asem (Tamarind Vegetable Soup) carries peanuts. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | Yes | Ayam Bakar Kecap (Grilled Chicken in Sweet Soy Glaze) |
| 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
- 100 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 12 g
- Fat
- 4 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 400 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Sayur Asem (Tamarind Vegetable Soup) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. 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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