Nyonya Acar (Spicy Mixed Vegetable Pickle) Recipe
Servings: 1
Ingredients
- 500 gm cucumber quartered lengthwise, remove soft centre and cut into 4cm strips
- 150 gm cabbage leaves cut into 2 1/2cm squares
- 150 gm carrots cut into 4cm strips
- 150 gm long beans cut into 4cm strips
- 200 gm cauliflower cut into small pcs
- 3 x red chillies
- 3 x green chillies
- 50 gm young ginger
- 3 clv garlic
- 3 x shallots
- 50 gm dry prawns soaked and pounded
- 10 x fresh chillies
- 5 x dry chillies
- 10 x shallots
- 5 clv garlic
- 2 x cm fresh turmeric root
- 1 Tbsp. sliced galingale ( lengkuas )
- 3 x candlenuts ( buah keras )
- 2 x cm cube toasted belacan or possibly 1 tsp belacan pwdr
- 1 stalk lemon grass sliced finely
- Â Â Vinegar mix
- 100 ml vinegar
- 200 ml water
- 6 Tbsp. sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 125 gm crushed peanut candy or possibly 100g roasted peanuts skinned and pounded
- 4 Tbsp. roasted sesame seeds
- 600 ml water
- 400 ml vinegar
- 2 Tbsp. salt
- 2 Tbsp. sugar
Directions
- Method:RUB cucumber slices with 1 tbsp salt. Leave aside for 1 hour. Wrap in clean towel or possibly muslin cloth and squeeze out excess liquid. Place cucumber slices on a tray and sun for 2 to 3 hrs. (This makes the cucumber crunchy.)
- For the other vegetables, sun them separately in trays for 1 to 2 hrs.
- Bring water, vinegar, salt and sugar for scalding vegetables to a rapid boil. Blanch the vegetables, one type at a time: Dip cucumber and cabbage in boiling mix for 2 to 3 seconds; scald the rest of the vegetables - except chillies - for 8 to 10 seconds. Drain vegetables at once in a colander.
- Heat oil in wok and fry the grnd ingredients till fragrant and the oil begins to separate. Stir in vinegar and water.
- Add in sugar and salt and bring to a boil then leave to cold completely.
- Stir in dry prawns, ginger, shallots and garlic and all the prepared vegetables. Remove and store in a porcelain jar or possibly a clean, dry glass jar. When about to serve, fold in peanuts and sesame seeds.
- Footnote: The acar will keep for two weeks in the fridge if peanuts have not been mixed in.
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