Brilio.net - Indonesian specialties served with peanut sauce are indeed diverse. There are lotek, pecel, siomay, to gado-gado. Of the many choices, gado-gado is one of the favorite dishes of many people. Some people even consider gado-gado as an authentic Indonesian vegetable salad.
How to make gado-gado is also fairly easy. You just boil various types of vegetables according to taste. In general, the vegetables used are carrots, cabbage, bean sprouts , long beans, and winged beans. After that, the boiled vegetables are simply doused with peanut sauce.
In order for the gado-gado peanut sauce to have a thick texture, usually some people will add boiled potatoes to the mixture. However, if too many boiled potatoes are used, the gado-gado sauce will actually taste disgusting when eaten.
To get around this, you can follow the recipe shared by YouTube user Dapur Cantik Channel. In one of her YouTube video uploads, this woman shares a recipe and tutorial for making gado-gado seasoning that is thick, savory, and not nauseating.
As reported by BrilioFood from YouTube Dapur Cantik Channel on Tuesday (24/9), prepare the main ingredients first. This netizen uses 250 grams of steamed sweet potatoes as a substitute for potatoes and 250 grams of fried peanuts.
"So the ratio is one to one of cassava to peanuts," he said.
photo: YouTube/Dapur Cantik Channel
Next step, saute garlic, turmeric, and sliced red chili. Don't need to be too long, just until these three ingredients are wilted.
"This is intended to make the gado-gado seasoning tastier and not smell raw," he explained further.
photo: YouTube/Dapur Cantik Channel
Once it looks wilted, turn off the stove and put the stir fry in a blender. Add the fried peanuts and 500 ml of water. Blend until smooth.
photo: YouTube/Dapur Cantik Channel
When the spices are smooth, add 250 grams of steamed sweet potatoes, 100 grams of brown sugar, and 100 ml of water. Close the blender and blend until all ingredients are perfectly mixed.
photo: YouTube/Dapur Cantik Channel
In addition, add 200 ml of liquid coconut milk into the pan. Stir and boil the coconut milk until it boils.
"When the coconut milk is cooked, add the gado-gado seasoning while continuing to stir," he said.
photo: YouTube/Dapur Cantik Channel
To make it more delicious, don't forget to add various spices to the pan. There are 2 tsp salt, 1 tsp mushroom stock, 2 tbsp tamarind water, and 1 tbsp sweet soy sauce. Stir until the gado-gado seasoning boils and is perfectly cooked. When it is cooked, the gado-gado seasoning is ready to be served with boiled vegetables.
"Because there is a little coconut milk and sweet potato, the consistency is just right, my friends," he said.
photo: YouTube/Dapur Cantik Channel