foto: YouTube/Asahid TehYung
Even more delicious eaten with warm rice.
29 Februari 2024 09:00
Brilio.net - Sayur urap or vegetable ointment is a dish that is popular with many people. The reason is, this vegetable preparation is known to have a savory and slightly spicy taste. The savory taste comes from grated coconut and the addition of several spices. The combination of the fresh taste of vegetables and the savory taste of ointment seasoning can increase your appetite.
However, behind its savory and delicious taste, vegetable ointment has its drawbacks. This food is known to spoil easily. The reason is that during the cooking process of anointed vegetables, grated coconut is directly mixed with the vegetables to be steamed at the same time.
To overcome this, many people usually stir-fry vegetables with coconut seasoning before serving. This aims to ensure that the spices are absorbed perfectly and the water content of the anointed vegetables is reduced so that they don't go stale quickly. But if you don't want to stir-fry it, there are still other ways you can do it, you know. As was done by a netizen on YouTube Asahid TehYung.
photo: YouTube/Asahid TehYung
The process of making vegetable ointment seasoning.
Through one of the uploaded videos, the account owner claims he can cook vegetable ointment that lasts up to 5 days, you know. Reported by BrilioFood on Wednesday (28/2), the trick is to avoid the steaming cooking method, both when making spices and processing vegetables.
"In the process of making ointment, we don't use any oil at all. So the vegetables are just boiled and the spices are roasted. With this technique, the ointment lasts longer," explained YouTube account owner Asahid TehYung, quoted by BrilioFood .
photo: YouTube/Asahid TehYung
The first step that needs to be done is to prepare the ingredients for anointing spices, namely 5 large red chilies, 10 curly red chilies, 3 red bird's eye chilies, 15 shallot cloves, 15 garlic cloves, 3 kencur segments, 1 tsp grilled shrimp paste. , 50 gr brown sugar, 8 lime leaves, 3 tsp salt, 1 tsp granulated sugar, 1 tbsp tamarind juice (mixed with enough hot water), and enough water. For your information, apparently according to the account owner, adding tamarind can make the anointed vegetables fresher.
photo: YouTube/Asahid TehYung
The various spices are then ground and then roasted with half-old grated coconut. Stir in the spices and grated coconut until evenly mixed. Once done, continue roasting using low, medium heat until the water content is reduced and it feels light. After that, set it aside in a container.
photo: YouTube/Asahid TehYung
How to boil urap vegetables.The process continues to the stage of cooking the vegetables. For the vegetables, account owner Asahid TehYung prepared 400 grams of long beans, 400 grams of carrots, 400 grams of cabbage, 400 grams of bean sprouts and 2 bunches of spinach.
Initially, cut the long beans, carrots and cabbage according to taste. Then boil water in a pan and boil the three vegetables simultaneously for 3 minutes.
"Put the vegetables in while the water is boiling. To get the taste, add 1 tsp of salt. Well, it doesn't take long to cook. So this is called the blanching technique, friends," added the account owner explaining the technique for boiling vegetables.
After boiling for 3 minutes, remove the vegetables and immediately put them in cold water. The goal is to stop the vegetable ripening process and keep the color fresh and bright.
"Well, put this (vegetables) in ice water. Apart from keeping the color beautiful, it also keeps the vegetables crunchy," he added.
Next, in the same pan where the three vegetables were boiled, immediately add the bean sprouts and spinach. Boil for about 1 minute. When it's 1 minute, just lift it, drain it, and mix it with the previously boiled vegetables.
Soak all the vegetables for 1 minute, then drain all the vegetables. After draining, the anointed vegetables can be mixed with the spices. Stir until the vegetables and spices are mixed evenly.
"Put the vegetables together with the ointment seasoning. Now, after mixing, it can last up to 5 days in the refrigerator. If you just want to store the seasoning, the seasoning can last up to 1 month," he concluded.
Disclaimer: This translation from Bahasa Indonesia to English has been generated by Artificial Intelligence.
