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Sambal Leunca – Green Nightshade and Chili Relish

March 6, 2014 Anita 8 Comments

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Leunca or green nightshade is very common in Sundanese cuisine where this is one of the many vegetables in a lalapan. It looks like a mini green round eggplant, and it does actually belong to the eggplant family. If served in a lalapan, it is always uncooked. For this sambal though, I cook it very slightly right at the end of the cooking process to retain its freshness. As such, it is best if you make just a little of this sambal and consumed within 1 to 2 days. This sambal is best served alongside lalapan, fried tofu, fried tempeh, or fried chicken. ♥

Sambal Leunca - Green Nightshade and Chili Relish
Sambal Leunca – Green Nightshade and Chili Relish

 

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Sambal Leunca - Green Nightshade and Chili Relish
Author: Daily Cooking Quest
Cuisine: Indonesian
Prep time:  20 mins
Cook time:  10 mins
Total time:  30 mins
Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 100 gram green nightshade (Indonesian: leunca)
  • 3 tablespoon oil
Grind the following into spice paste
  • 10 red cayenne chili peppers (Indonesian: cabe keriting merah)
  • 4 red Thai chilies (Indonesian: cabe rawit merah)
  • 5 shallots (Indonesian: bawang merah)
  • 2 teaspoon toasted shrimp paste (Indonesian: terasi)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon sugar
Instructions
  1. Remove the stems/stalks from the green nightshade, then washed and drained to remove dirt. Whack the nightshades with the back of a knife, just a gentle whack is enough to crack the nightshades.
  2. Heat oil in a frying pan, then stir fry the spice paste until fragrant and the chili sauce turns a darker shade of red. Adjust salt and sugar as needed.
  3. Add the whacked nightshades into the pan. Turn off heat, and stir until well mixed.
  4. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve immediately.
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Comments

  1. Alice says

    March 7, 2014 at 3:31 pm

    Wah sambal leunca!!! Langsung kemecer….. drool a pail 🙂
    Makasih dah nyumbang utk AFF Indonesia ya
    Ditunggu postingan yg lain 🙂
    Btw, blog nya keren! 🙂

    Reply
    • Anita says

      March 7, 2014 at 7:31 pm

      Sama-sama Alice. Keren yah event AFF Indonesia 🙂 Nanti aku sumbang lagi resep-resep Indonesia lainnya.♥

      Reply
  2. Yudhi says

    August 13, 2015 at 11:01 am

    Anita, saya kesulitan utk mendapatkan green nightshade. Aku mau coba nyari di indian market. Kalau ada yng tahu tolong reply dong. Aku di brooklyn. N. Y.

    Reply
    • Anita says

      August 14, 2015 at 11:00 am

      Yudhi, aku di US juga belon nemu sih. Ini dulu pas masih di Jakarta, hehe 🙂

      Reply
      • Yudhi says

        August 15, 2015 at 5:45 am

        Great, what part of city? Kalau dekat kan kita bisa ketemuan. Saya mau belajar banyakk dari kamu. Soalnya Resep kamu sudah jadi favorite keluarga saya. Setiap kali saya coba resep baru, istri saya selalu bilang enak. Pakai resep Anita? Saya bilang yes. Anak saya juga selalu bilang good terutama chicken nutmeg dan braised eggplant.
        Waktu BBQ an saya bikin sate babi. Wah semua orang pada suka. Bahkan ada yng minta resepnya. Good job Anita. Thank you,

        Reply
        • Anita says

          August 15, 2015 at 12:49 pm

          Wah, seneng banget dengernya. Jadi makin bersemangat! 🙂 Aku di California. Sepertinya Yudhi di East Coast ya?

          Reply
          • Yudhi says

            August 16, 2015 at 11:37 am

            Iya, saya di east-coast dan kamu di west-coast. Terlalu jauh utk ketemuan. Tapi kamu enak disana, nggak kedinginan ya? Rumah ku dekat ke china town. Cuma 4 menit jalan kaki. Saya sudah bisa mendapatkan almost anything. Ada dunkin, popeye, king burger,Mc Donald, Chinese, Turkish, Italian,Japanese, Malaysian, Indian and ,Vietnamese restaurants.
            Sekarang ini lagi panas banget, malas masak, lagi nyari2 resep yng gampang2. Thanks again Anita!

          • Anita says

            August 16, 2015 at 2:12 pm

            Yup, di West Coast ga dingin 🙂 Tapi kadang-kadang miss the snow juga sih, hehe.

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