The Cartoon Kitchen: Gado Gado (Cooked Mixed Vegetables with Peanut Sauce)
This week's Cartoon Kitchen features Serious Eats' cartoonist in residence Larry Gonick's spin on an Indonesian vegetable dish. —Ed Levine
Gado Gado
Ingredients
1/2 medium onion, minced
2 cloves garlic
2 teaspoons grated lemon or lime peel
1 teaspoon ground coriander
Pinch of cayenne pepper
Peanut oil
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
Pinch of salt
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup water
Assorted vegetables such as cabbage, beans, carrots
Procedure
1. Sauté the onion, garlic, coriander, and pinch of cayenne in a little peanut oil. Add the sugar, the peanut butter, a pinch of salt, the milk, 1/2 cup water, and the lemon or lime peel. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring often, for five minutes.
2. Briefly parboil a colorful assortment of vegetables: cabbage, beans, carrots, etc. Arrange them on a plate, and chill them in the refrigerator. Serve with the sauce on the side.
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2 Comments:
was a staple when we lived in Amsterdam. Great dish.
we used a lot of leeks, bean sprouts and (ALWAYS) sliced hard boiled egg.
alktraz at 12:57PM on 09/14/08
Sounds delicious and funny comic but why does the Indonesian man look like a monkey? :P
feistyfoodie at 11:49AM on 09/15/08