Acar Nyonya

Ingredients:-

• 2 cucumber - seeded and cut into fingers
• 2 carrots - seeded and cut into fingers
• 5 long beans - cut into fingers
• 6 leaves of cabbage - cut into squares (about the size of the rest of the veges)
• 2 red chillies - halved lengthwise and cut into 3 each
• 3 cups water
• 3 1/2 cups vinegar
• 1/2 cup cooking oil
• 4-5 tbsp sugar to taste
• 2-3 tsp salt to taste
• 1 cup roasted peanuts - skinned and crushed
• 2 tbsp sesame seeds - roasted

Spices to be grounded :-

• 15-20 dried chillies - soaked until soft
• 1.5cm knob kunyit
• 2 stalks serai - sliced
• 3 slices lengkuas
• 3 buah keras
• 20 shallots
• 2 cloves garlic
• belacan - about 3 x 3 x 0.5 piece

Method :-

1. Mixed 2 tsp salt to the cucumber and carrots. Leave for 2-3 hours.
2. Boil water with 1 cup of vinegar and 1 tsp salt in a sauce pan.
3. Blanched vegetables before spreading them on a clean tea towel to dry at least 1 hour.
4. Rinse the cucumber and carrots well, drain and spread on another clean tea towel to dry.
5. Heat up the coking oil and fry the ingredients for 10 - 15 minutes.
6. Add in the remaining vinegar, sugar and salt to taste. Stir until sauce thickens.
7. Add in the peanuts.
8. Turn off the heat and mix in the air dried vegetables. Lastly the sesame seeds.
9. Dish out. Preferably to be eaten at least six hours later.

- From aiyahnonya blog