Urap Sayur recipe

Urap-urap sayuran is blanched vegetables with the dominant of tantalizing kencur (kaempferia galanga) and kaffir lime leaf aroma, besides healthy it also content tremendous source of complete nutrient and high in fiber, delicious!

This dish *you can call it as salad, is typical Javanese cuisine and it can be serves as side dish among the variety main dishes or it can be eaten on its own too. It creates an amazing fresh colour from the diversity vegetables on a plate.

The key ingredient to make urap-urap is actually lies on the carefulness pick of the coconut *choose for the correct--not fully firm coconut flesh if you press (setengah tua ), in purpose to get a sweet and rich taste from the flesh. It may available for ready to use Srilankan grated coconut *fresh* at the chilled sections store.

There are no rules or more advises for what kind of vegetables are great to make urap-urap, the selection Its up to you--texture, color, leafy or velvety kind, it all doesn’t matter, you can go for the vegetables which make you happy and suitable for your diet, Be free and give something new to your salad!

Urap-urap sayuran  

Javanese style blanched vegetable in spicy grated coconut 

Vegetables:

You can be the boss,
by choosing your own variety selections of your preferable veggies.

( I use white Chinese cabbage ( napa cabbage ), cabbage,  long bean, bean sprouts 

and I experimental with edamame )

* All veggies are preferred blanched to maintain the nutrient contents.

  Spiced paste for coconut mixture :

  2 cups fresh grated coconut,

  2 cloves garlic

  6 shallots

  1 red chilli, chopped

  4-5 bird's eye chillies ( less if don’t like spicy )

  6 kaffir lime leaves, finely chop 

  2 inches kencur (kaempferia galangal), peeled and chopped

  Pinch of shrimp paste (optinal)

  Salt and sugar to taste

  Banana leaves to wrapped--if available

  

 What to do :

  Blanch all vegetables and make sure do not over cook. Set aside.

    Grind the spice paste ingredients in a blender or using mortar and pestle until    smooth.

    Using a fork or your fingers tip, mix evenly the spice paste with grated coconut  until it change colour to bright orange.

Lay 2 layers of banana leaves on a flat surface, divide two portions of Spiced grated coconut mixture, place the mixture on each layer, wrapped and secure with tooth pick

Get ready the steamer and stem about 15-20 minutes, let to cool when its done.

    Place the vegetables in a big bowl and mix them up using your hands, add the grated coconut mixture, toss it around until the vegetables pieces are coated with coconut.

* Note, keep the balance of spiced coconut grated in the air tight container-- refrigerated for future uses 

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