Palm's Kitchen - Sundanese Tamarind Veggies

Ingredients :

1 Indonesian Bay Leaf (Daun Salam)

1 Tamarind (mix with 4 Tbsp of hot water)

1 piece of Brown Sugar (chopped)

1 tbsp of Salt

1 tsp of Sugar

6 cloves of Red Onion

3 cloves of Garlic

3 Red Chilis (Cabe Keriting)

1 piece of grilled Shrimp Paste(terasi)

1,5 tbsp of flavor enhancers / totole

1 Galangal (lengkuas) (crashed) 

Gnetum Gnemon Fruits (Melinjo)

Gnetum Gnemon Leaves (Daun Melinjo)

1 Eggplant (terong) - depend on your taste

1 Chayote (labu siam) chopped

5 Snake Bean (kacang panjang)

1 Sweet Corn

Ground Nut (Kacang Tanah)

How to :

1. Heat up the water till boiling

2. Add corn and groundnut to the water

3. Crush and grind garlic, red onion and red chilis with the grilled shrimp paste till become chili paste in the other palate (sambal)

4. Mix the tamarind water with the chopped brown sugar till become tamarind paste

5. Add all the veggies to the soup 

6. Add the chili paste and tamarind paste and Indonesian bay leaves

7. Add sugar and salt and check the taste

8. Add the gnetum leaves and leave it till boiling

Note: you can cook the gnetum gnemon fruit and leaves in separate pan, because both of them takes time to be cooked