Nyonya Acar

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Nyonya Acar

(Spicy Mixed Vegetable Pickle)

By Amy Beh

Ingredients:

500g cucumber — quartered lengthwise, remove soft centre and cut into 4cm strips

150g cabbage leaves — cut into 2 1/2cm squares

150g carrots — cut into 4cm strips

150g long beans — cut into 4cm strips

200g cauliflower — cut into small pieces

Halved and cut into 4cm strips:

3 red chillies

3 green chillies

Slice thinly:

50g young ginger

3 cloves garlic

3 shallots

50g dried prawns — soaked and pounded

Ground ingredients:

10 fresh chillies

5 dried chillies

10 shallots

5 cloves garlic

2cm fresh turmeric root

1 tbsp sliced galingale ( lengkuas )

3 candlenuts ( buah keras )

2cm cube toasted belacan or 1 tsp belacan powder

1 stalk lemon grass — sliced finely

Vinegar mixture

100ml vinegar

200ml water

5 to 6 tbsp sugar

1 tsp salt

125g crushed peanut candy or 100g roasted peanuts — skinned and pounded

4 tbsp roasted sesame seeds

For scalding vegetables:

600ml water

400ml vinegar

2 tbsp salt

2 tbsp sugar

Method:

RUB cucumber slices with 1 tbsp salt. Leave aside for 1 hour. Wrap in clean towel or muslin cloth and squeeze out

excess liquid. Place cucumber slices on a tray and sun for 2 to 3 hours. (This makes the cucumber crunchy.)

For the other vegetables, sun them separately in trays for 1 to 2 hours.

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 mixture 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 ground ingredients until fragrant and the oil begins to separate. Stir in vinegar and water.

Add sugar and salt and bring to a boil then leave to cool completely.

Stir in dried prawns, ginger, shallots and garlic and all the prepared vegetables. Remove and store in a porcelain jar

or a clean, dry glass jar. When about to serve, mix 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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