Gado-gado

Gado-gado
Steamed Veggies with Peanut Sauce

The most common veggies are listed here, but you can improvise with any others. The real secret is in the peanut dressing (bumbu gado-gado).

¼ lb fried tofu
2 medium potatoes, boiled
¼ lblong beans
¼ lb bean sprouts
1 cucumber
¼ lbcabbage
½ cup bumbu gado-gado with rice or lontong
¼ lemon
2 tbs fried onion flakes
2 krupuk (crackers)
2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced

• Fry tofu and boil the potato.
• Slice the potato and veggies into bite-sized pieces. Blanch the veggies in boiling water for 30 seconds.
• Toss all the veggies with the peanut bumbu.
• Pile the gado-gado on a base of white rice or lontong. Add a squeeze of fresh lemon, some fried onion flakes, sliced egg, and a crunched-up krupuk.