Gado Gado

Gado Gado

In the 90’s my friend and I went on an around the world backpacking trip. One of our stops was Indonesia. We were lucky enough to spend a considerable amount of time there and really got to know the people, culture and food.
One of my favourite dishes was one called Gado-Gado which means “mix-mix” because it’s made of rich veggies like potatoes, sprouts, cabbage, green beans, tofu and tempeh.
The peanut sauce is served warm but while I was there the vegetables were usually cold and made up of what they had.

As always I always like to use up veggies from my fridge and I paired my plate with things that would compliment the sauce.

This is truly a beautiful and fresh dish. And again can be presented any way you like!!!

Ingredients:
·      1 cup chopped purple cabbage
·      ½ cucumber thinly sliced
·      Broccoli cut into florets
·      3 carrots julienned
·      3 stalk green onion, sliced
·      1 cooked potato or sweet potato cut into wedges
·      Tofu fried, cut into cubes - or you can use Tempeh cubes
·      ½ cup green beans
·      ½ cup snow peas
·      Fresh cilantro
·      Handful of rice crackers

Peanut Sauce
·      ¼ cup natural peanut butter
·      4 garlic cloves 
·      3 tbsp coconut sugar
·      2 ½ tbsp soy sauce
·      1-2 tbsp maple syrup (or sweetener of choice)
·      1 tsp chili sauce
·      2-3 tbsp lime juice
·      ¼ cup coconut milk
·      Water to thin if needed
·      ¼ cup salted peanut

Instructions for Peanut Sauce:
In a food processor, combine peanut butter, garlic and coconut sugar. Add coconut milk, lime juice, water, soya sauce, maple syrup and chili sauce.  Process until smooth. Add the peanuts but just for a few pulses…leaving some in bits. Warm the sauce up on the stove for a few minutes before serving.

Plate your food any way you like. Then drizzle the peanut sauce over the individual plates.

Note: this recipe is by no means a traditional Indonesian recipe. This is a “Heather” version. But I still hope you enjoy!
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