Title: Gado Gado
Categories: Indonesian
Yield: 6 Servings
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1 c Onion; chopped
2 cl Garlic; crushed
1 c Peanut butter; good; pure
-variety
1 tb Honey
1/4 ts Cayenne pepper; or more; to
-taste
1 Lemon; juice of
1 ts Ginger root; freshly grated;
-up to 2 ts
1 Bay leaf
1 tb Cider vinegar
3 c Water
1/2 ts Salt; up to 1 ts
1 ds Tamari
2 tb Butter for frying
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Fresh spinach
Cabbage; shredded; steamed
-or raw
Carrots; sliced; steamed or
-raw
Celery; sliced; steamed or
-raw
Broccoli spears; steamed
Fresh; whole green beans;
-steamed
Fresh; raw mung bean sprouts
Tofu chunks; either raw or
-sauteed in oil with sesame
-seeds
Egg pieces
In a saucepan, cook the onions, garlic, bay leaf, and ginger in
butter, lightly salted. When onion becomes translucent, add remaining
ingredients. Mix thoroughly. Simmer on lowest possible heat 30
minutes, stirring occasionally.
Dish:
The sauce goes over an artful arrangement of combined cooked and raw
vegetables. Extra protein comes from garnishes of Tofu chunks (bean
curd) and hard-cooked egg slices. Base your arrangement on a bed of
fresh spinach.
