What is Lontong Sayur? Lontong Sayur is an Indonesian dish made of compressed rice cake in the form of a cylinder wrapped inside a banana leaf pairing with thick peanut sauces and curries. It serves as the base for this savory morning favorite, a coconut-milk curry made with young papaya, soy-braised tofu and hard-boiled eggs.
Serves 6-8
Cook time: 1 hr, prep time:20 min
Lontong Sayur Ingredients:
- 3 tbsp oil
- 2 bay leaves
- 500 gram beef, choose cuts for stew, cut into bite size pieces
- 4 chayotte, peeled, cored, and julienned
- 500 gram snake beans, cut into 1 inch sections
- 20 stink beans optional
- 2 liter thin coconut milk (or use 7 cups water + 1 can of coconut milk)
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 tbsp palm sugar
- Pinch of salt
Grind the following into spice paste
- 100 gram shallot
- 4 cloves garlic
- 10 red cayenne chilies
- 30 gram dried shrimps, soak in boiling water to soften
- 2 inch galangal
Lontong Sayur Instructions:
- Heat oil in a pot and sauté spice paste and bay leaves until fragrant.
- Add beef and cook until no longer pink.
- Add chayotte, snake beans, and stink beans. Cook until vegetables start to wilt.
- Add coconut milk, fish sauce, and palm sugar. Bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and cook until the meat is tender. You can add more boiling water if the liquid reduces, try to keep the liquid to 2 liter.
- Add more palm sugar and salt to suit your taste. Turn off heat.
