Pecel - Madiun Vegetables in Peanut Sauce

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Salad

Cuisines: Indonesian

Ingredients: Nuts and Seeds Vegetables

Prep Time: 1 hour

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 1 hour 30 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• Pecel peanut sauce
• 250 gram peanuts with skin on (Indonesian: kacang tanah kulit), deep fried or toasted
• 8 red cayenne peppers (Indonesian: cabe merah keriting), boiled (*)
• 4 cloves garlic (Indonesian: bawang putih), fried
• 8 kaffir lime leaves (Indonesian: daun jeruk), thinly sliced
• 2 inch kaempferia galanga (Indonesian: kencur), peeled
• 1 teaspoon toasted shrimp paste (Indonesian: terasi)
• 75 gram palm sugar (Indonesian: gula Jawa), shaved
• 1/2 tablespoon salt
• 2 tablespoon tamarind juice (1 teaspoon tamarind + 2 tablespoon water)
• enough hot water to thin the sauce (about 2 cups)
• Suggested vegetables
• boiled cabbage (Indonesian: kol)
• boiled spinach (Indonesian: bayam)
• boiled snake beans (Indonesian: kacang panjang)
• boiled bean sprouts (Indonesian: tauge)
• boiled morning glory/water spinach (Indonesian: kangkung)
• boiled cassava leaves (Indonesian: daun singkong)
• raw cucumber (Indonesian: timun)
• raw basil leaves (Indonesian: daun kemangi)

Instructions

1. Grind together peanuts, cayenne peppers, garlic, kaffir lime leaves, kaempferia galanga, toasted shrimp paste, palm sugar, and salt with a food processor (or mortar and pestle) until everything comes together into a thick brown mess. It will be pretty sticky and should clump together and you should be able to gather them into a ball or shape into a block. This can be stored in the fridge if you are not going to use the peanut sauce immediately.
2. To make the peanut sauce, pour tamarind juice and just enough hot water and stir until the sauce reaches your preferred thickness. I am usually happy with about 400 ml of hot water, but some people would prefer a slightly thicker or slightly thinner sauce, so feel free to experiment.
3. Arrange vegetables in a plate and pour the peanut sauce right before serving. Stir everything together and enjoy.

Notes

• (*) If you like spicier peanut sauce, you can substitute some of the cayenne peppers with bird eye peppers (Indonesian: cabe rawit).