Indonesian
Sayur Lodeh (Vegetable Coconut Curry)
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Sayur Lodeh (Vegetable Coconut Curry) is Indonesian 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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Blend the shallots, garlic, and red chilies into a paste.
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Heat the oil in a large pot and fry the paste with the galangal and bay leaves until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
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Pour in the coconut milk and 1 cup water and bring to a gentle simmer.
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Add the carrot and eggplant and simmer 5 minutes, then add the cabbage, green beans, and tempeh.
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Season with salt and simmer until the vegetables are tender, about 12 minutes.
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Taste and adjust the seasoning, then 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 Lodeh (Vegetable Coconut Curry), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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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. Sayur Lodeh (Vegetable Coconut Curry) carries soy and coconut. It is free of the remaining 8 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 | Yes | Ayam Goreng (Indonesian Fried Chicken) |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Ayam Bakar Kecap (Grilled Chicken in Sweet Soy Glaze) |
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
- 370 kcal
- Protein
- 7 g
- Carbs
- 14 g
- Fat
- 32 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 400 mg
- Saturated fat
- 21 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Sayur Lodeh (Vegetable Coconut Curry) 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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