Gado gado
Gado gado, from above
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Gado gado

A mountain of vegetables, tofu, tempeh and egg under a peanut sauce avalanche. Mix mix, literally.

50 minTime
36 gProtein each
mediumSpice
Mix mix2 chapters · 1 min read

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Grandma's wayPeanut sauce, blanched vegetables, tofu, tempeh, egg.
The original
616kcalsame
36 gproteinsame
10 gfibresame
50minutessame

Gado gado.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Potato2, boiled and sliced
Green beanslong beans, cut
Cabbageshredded, blanched
Moong sprouts (mung bean sprouts)bean sprouts, blanched
Water spinach (kang kong)kangkung or spinach, blanched
Egg4, hard boiled
Firm tofufirm, fried
Tempehsliced, fried
Cucumbersliced
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying tofu and tempeh
Peanuts1 cup, roasted
Garlic2 cloves
Dried red chilli3, soaked
Jaggery2 tbsp
Tamarinda small piece, soaked
Kecap manis1 tbsp
Lemon juice2 tsp lime juice
Salt½ tsp
Water1 cup warm

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Blanch beans, cabbage, sprouts and greens one at a time; refresh in cold water.
  2. 2Fry tofu and tempeh until golden.
  3. 3Grind peanuts, garlic, chillies, jaggery, tamarind water, kecap manis and salt with warm water into a pourable sauce. Simmer 2 minutes.
  4. 4Arrange vegetables, potato, tofu, tempeh, egg and cucumber on a plate. Pour sauce over and squeeze lime.
Serve it like this

Arrange each element in sections on a big platter, pour warm peanut sauce over the centre, top with fried shallots and crackers.

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What goes with Gado gado: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Nasi uduk40 min
Bread or rice Jeera rice30 min
On the side Urap30 min
On the side Sayur asem40 min
A little snack Sate ayam50 min
To drink Thai iced tea15 min
Something sweet Martabak manis90 min
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