Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Yellow Vegetable Pickles ( Acar Kuning )


This yellow vegetables pickles or acar kuning is usually eaten as a side dish with yellow rice (nasi kuning) or plain rice (nasi putih). It’s very fresh! Here's how to make it.

Category : Side Dish

Difficulty : Easy

Cooking time : 15 minutes

Ingredients
- 2 medium cucumbers, peeled, seeded and cut matchsticks
- 1 carrot, peeled and cut in matchsticks
- 2 bird's-eye chillies (Indonesian cabe rawit), sliced
- sugar and salt for taste
- 3 tablespoons vinegar
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon oil


Spice Paste
- 5 Candlenuts (Kemiri)
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 5 shallots
- 2 cloves of garlic

Directions
1. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil, fry the spice paste. Add sugar, salt and vinegar.
2. Put the carrot, cucumber and chillies inside, add 1 cup of water. Mix together and cook until vegetables tender. But don't overcook!

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