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Gado gado salad (vegetables with peanut sauce)

  • Time to make: 20 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 2.8
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • Peanut sauce (makes 1 ½ cups)
    • ½ teaspoon tamarind paste or 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice
    • 1 cup boiling water
    • 100g roasted peanuts
    • 1 clove garlic
    • 1-2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
    • 1 teaspoon minced chilli (or 1 small red chilli)
    • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
    • 1 tablespoon salt-reduced soy sauce
    • Vegetable platter
    • lettuce or spinach
    • 500g cooked waxy or new potatoes, cubed or sliced
    • 1 ½ cups cooked green beans or snake beans
    • 1 cucumber, halved lengthways, deseeded, sliced
    • 1-2 cups thinly sliced cabbage or Chinese cabbage
    • 100g (1 cup) beansprouts
    • 100g cooked tofu, cubed or sliced
    • 4 hard-boiled eggs, quartered or sliced
    • chopped fresh basil or fresh coriander (optional)
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 To make sauce, blend tamarind paste and boiling water in a small bowl. Leave to stand for 2-3 minutes. Use a stick blender or food processor to briefly process the remaining sauce ingredients then add tamarind water through a strainer, discarding any tamarind pulp. Process again to make a fairly smooth paste.

    2 Transfer sauce to a microwave-proof bowl (or pot) and heat to boiling for 2-3 minutes or until sauce has thickened to desired ‘gravy’ consistency. Set aside to cool (a little) while preparing vegetables.

    3 To make vegetable platter, cover a platter (or individual plates) with a layer of lettuce or spinach leaves. Arrange potatoes then other vegetables, tofu and eggs in piles over lettuce, finishing with a sprinkling of fresh herbs (if using). Either cover salad generously with peanut sauce or serve peanut sauce on the side so diners can help themselves.

    Variations

    • For a meaty version, serve with skewers of grilled chicken, lamb or beef on the side.
    • Grill extra tofu cubes on skewers to add protein to a vegetarian meal.
    • Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free soy sauce and check tamarind paste, minced chilli and tofu are gluten free.

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