Brilio.net - Gado-gado is often referred to as a typical Indonesian salad, made from various vegetables such as long beans, carrots, bean sprouts, and cucumbers. This dish is even more delicious with a distinctive peanut sauce.
Before serving, vegetables for gado-gado are usually cooked first. Many people boil the vegetables in boiling water to cook them quickly, while others choose to steam them to keep their texture crispy.
However, gado-gado vegetables are known to spoil easily. The cooking process involving water makes the vegetables not last long, so in a few hours they can become slimy and smell bad.
To prevent this, there is a vegetable cooking trick shared by YouTube user mama Daniel Sean. In her video, she cooks vegetables for gado-gado using bean sprouts , sliced green beans, sliced long beans, thinly sliced carrots, and thinly sliced chayote.
"When cooking vegetables, make sure to wash them thoroughly first. Then cut or slice them. Once cut, don't wash them again to maintain the nutrients in the vegetables," explained YouTube mama Daniel Sean.
photo: YouTube/Mama Daniel Sean
As reported by BrilioFood from YouTube mama Daniel Sean on Tuesday (10/22), he also uses green vegetables such as kale, kale, mustard greens, and celery that have been washed. Then prepare a frying pan and place it on the stove.
photo: YouTube/Mama Daniel Sean
Immediately turn on medium heat and add the prepared vegetables. For vegetables that contain a lot of water such as pumpkin, carrots, long beans, and bean sprouts, it is better to arrange them on the bottom of the pan. Then cover with green leafy vegetables on top.
"I don't use water at all, because these same cooked vegetables have a high water content," he explained further.
When all the vegetables have been put in, cover the pan. Cook for about 20 minutes over medium to low heat. Now, when exposed to heat, the water content in the vegetables will come out, this process will help cook the vegetables in the pan.
photo: YouTube/Mama Daniel Sean
After cooking for 10 minutes, open the pan and sprinkle salt. In addition to adding flavor, using salt will make the vegetables last longer. Salt will help absorb the remaining water on the surface of the vegetables.
Once salted, cover the pan and cook for another 10 minutes. When the green leafy vegetables are wilted, it means they are ready to be removed. Immediately turn off the heat and serve the vegetables with peanut sauce for gado-gado. Because the surface is rougher and drier, gado-gado vegetables can last all day even without a refrigerator.
photo: YouTube/Mama Daniel Sean
This video by YouTube user mama Daniel Sean has already received more than 3,000 views. Who would have thought, many other YouTube users also gave direct responses through the comments column. They admitted that they wanted to try the trick of cooking gado-gado in that way.
"How to cook vegetables without water, really a creative idea from Daniel Sean's mother, the vegetables become healthier, thank you for the recipe," said YouTube @thepoulsenfamily3528.
"You can try this, Mom. It's fresh and awesome," said YouTube @fitriaariani1119.
"Ready to try this, Mom... the vegetable pecal is also delicious, Mom," said YouTube @riawahyu7315.
"The gado gado is really great, the spices are delicious and it's definitely healthy too, Mom. I want to make gado gado too, haha," said YouTube user @okkykuzkuz.
"This new knowledge, boiling vegetables without water. Awesome, sister," said YouTube @joyceratnawati9662.
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