Sayur Asem Recipe / Indonesian Vegetable Tamarind Soup Recipe / Tamarind Soup Recipe - Easy Soup Recipes

 

Sayur Asem

Ingredients crushed to a coarse paste

Onion - a handful

Galangal - a small piece

Bird's eye chillie - 1

Ripe red chilly - 3

Garlic - 3

Ginger - 1 tsp

Ingredients

Water / Broth / Stock - 6 to 8 cups

Green beans - a handful

Corn - 1/4 cup

Bok choy or any spinach variety (optional) - 1/4 cup

Diced tomato - 1

Cubed chayote - 1 small

Bay leaf - 1

Brown sugar - 1 tbsp

Tamarind paste - 2 tsp

Raw peanuts - 2 tbsp

Salt to taste

Fish sauce - few drops

Sesame oil - 2 tsp

( adjust all the above ingredients according to your taste)

Method

Heat oil in a pan and fry the crushed ingredients till raw smell has disappeared.

Pour the water and add the peanuts and cook till soft.

Add the remaining ingredients and cook in low flame for 10 minutes.

Switch off the stove and enjoy with rice.

Note:

Adding turmeric powder is optional.

Usually shrimp paste is used instead i have used fish sauce.

For extra taste you can add soy sauce.

Made this soup with available ingredients from my pantry.

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