Malaysian
Sayur Lodeh (Mixed Vegetables in Coconut Gravy)
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Sayur Lodeh (Mixed Vegetables in Coconut Gravy) is Malaysian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable and the dish at the centre. 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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Shred the cabbage, cut the long beans into short lengths, slice the carrot, and cube the tofu.
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Soak the dried shrimp in warm water 5 minutes, drain, and blend with the shallots and garlic into a paste.
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Heat the oil in a pot over medium heat and fry the paste until fragrant, about 4 minutes.
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Add the water and carrot, and simmer 3 minutes.
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Add the long beans and cabbage, cover, and simmer until nearly tender, about 6 minutes.
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Stir in the coconut milk, tofu, and salt, and simmer gently, uncovered, until the vegetables are tender and the gravy lightly thickened, about 8 minutes.
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Taste and adjust the seasoning.
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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 Sayur Lodeh (Mixed Vegetables in Coconut Gravy), 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. Sayur Lodeh (Mixed Vegetables in Coconut Gravy) carries shellfish 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 | Yes | Asam Pedas Ikan (Malaysian Spicy Sour Fish Stew) |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Asam Pedas Ikan (Malaysian Spicy Sour Fish Stew) |
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
- 6 g
- Carbs
- 10 g
- Fat
- 34 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 340 mg
- Saturated fat
- 18 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Sayur Lodeh (Mixed Vegetables in Coconut Gravy) takes about 40 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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