sundanese food & recipes

This tamarind with mix vegetables soup is the basic sundanese soup that you can find it in almost every sundanese dishes, including the mix sundanese rice (nasi timbel) which is served with fried chicken, tempe, tofu, tuna salted fish, fresh vegetables and dried shrimp chili paste.

INGREDIENTS:
50 g melinjo leaves
100 g melinjo fruit
1 chayote, peeled, cut into cubes
100 g long green beans, cut into 2 cm
150 g young jackfruit,cut into cubes
100 g fresh red beans
100 g fresh peanuts
2 corns, cut into 3 cm
1.5 liters water
5 shallots, thinly sliced
4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1/2 tsp dried shrimp paste, roasted
5 cm young tamarind
3 salam bay leaves
3 cm galangal, peeled, crushed
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar

HOW TO MAKE:
1. Place 1.5 liters of water in a pot, boil until bubbling and add young jackfruit, red beans, peanuts and the spices ingredients until half tender.
2. Put the rest of ingredients to the pot (excluding melinjo leaves), and continue cooking until all the vegetables become soft and tender.
3. At the last minute, add melinjo leaves, and stir well. Remove from the heat, and ready to serve.


SAYUR ASAM
Sayur asam adalah sayur andalan dalam masakan sunda. Biasanya selalu disajikan dengan apapun masakan lainya. Khusus untuk nasi timbel, sayur asam adalah salah satu masakan utama dalam penyajiannya selain tentunya ayam goreng, tempe-tahu goreng, ikan jambal goreng, lalapan dan sambal terasi.

BAHAN:
50 g daun melinjo, disiangi
100 g buah melinjo
1 buah labu siam, kupas, potong dadu
100 g kacang panjang, potong 2 cm
150 g nangka muda, potong dadu
100 g kacang tanah, kupas
100 g kacang merah
2 buah jagung manis, potong 3 cm
1.5 liter air
5 siung bawang merah, iris tipis
4 siung bawang putih, iris tipis
½ sdt terasi bakar
5 cm asam jawa muda
3 lembar daun salam
3 cm lengkuas, kupas, memarkan
1 sdt garam
1 sdm gula pasir

CARA MEMBUAT:
1. Rebus air hingga mendidih, masukkan melinjo, nangka muda, kacang tanah dan bumbu. Masak hingga setengah matang.
2. Masukkan bahan lainnya (kecuali daun melinjo, masak hingga semua bahan matang.
3. Terakhir, masukkan daun melinjo, aduk hingga layu. Angkat dan sajikan.