Sunday, August 12, 2007

Urap/Indonesian Style Vegetable Salad with Hot&Spicy Grated Coconut

Urap, cooked mix vegetables with hot and spicy grated coconut, are used to serve as an accompaniment to Nasi Kuning (yellow rice) or Nasi Uduk. This is one of traditional Indonesia cuisine known for its combination of contrasting flavors (spicy, sweet and hot).

Ingredients:
vegetables: Bean sprout, carrots, water spinach, string beans or you can use whatever you like
for hot & spicy grated coconut :
200 g kokosraspel/dry grated coconut or fresh grated coconut
3 hot red chillies
3 shallots
3 clove garlics
1 teaspoon terasi/belacan/shrimp paste
sugar and salt, as desired
4 cm lesser galangal
3 lime leaves
one glass (200 ml) of water

directions: Boil the vetagetables separately in water for 3 minutes, except the beans sprouts just pour boiling water over them then rinse all vegetables under water tab and drain in a colander.
for hot&spicy grated coconut: grind all of spices except lime leaves. Place the ground spices in a sauce pan or frying pan and pour some water. Simmer grated coconut and stir well until the water absorbed by coconut. Remove from the heat. Sprinkle the grated coconut mixture over cooked vegetables. Serve with nasi kuning or nasi uduk or as salad itself.

12 comments:

Little Corner of Mine said...

Oh, you have to tell me what is the orange thingy? Is it pounded dried shrimps?

KellytheCulinarian said...

Looks delicious.

Dwiana P said...

OH urap!!! doyan.... :)

Lia said...

langsung nyodorin piring kosong :P

Retno Prihadana said...

little corner of mine: I´ve posted the recipe, so you can see what is the orange thing.
kelly: thank you!
dwiana: sama dunk!
lia: piring kosong nggak boleh, harus bawa nasi kuningnya, he..he.

Home Cooking said...

lama banget gag makan urap, bener2 ngences nih, ayoo mbak retno tanggung jawab hehehe...

Retno Prihadana said...

Isha: waduuhh..kalo bumil yg ngencess repot nih, nggak bisa ngirim :)

Rita Sella said...

aduh mbak kedoyanan kita nih, biasanya pas bikin bumbunya suka aku tambahin lagi sambel terasi hehehe... jadi makan nasi sama urapan aza dah kepedesan..

fotonya bikin ngiler sekali, jadi pengen bikin

Retno Prihadana said...

Rita Bellnad: sama donk Rit. Nah, anakku yg gede tuh klo makan nasi kuning, belum siip klo tanpa urap :)

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Vie said...

Ret, urap kesukaanku! Kebetulan blom punya resepnya. Boleh copy kan?
mana disini mo beli pakis juga bisa, tapi musim2an gitu. Tapi kencur aku susahlah nyarinya.

Retno Prihadana said...

Seec: Thanks, I´ve added your blog too.
Vie: Wah asyiek banget ada pakis, aku blon nemu nih disini, enak buat di gule.