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hentic Indonesian Gado-Gado Recipe | Traditional Indonesian Vegetable Salad with Peanut Sauce

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Indonesian Gado-Gado is a colorful and nutritious vegetable salad topped with a rich, creamy peanut sauce. One of Indonesia's most beloved traditional dishes, Gado-Gado combines blanched vegetables, tofu, tempeh, boiled eggs, and fresh vegetables with crispy crackers and a flavorful peanut dressing. The name "Gado-Gado" means "mix-mix," reflecting the variety of ingredients that come together in every serving. Popular throughout Indonesia as a satisfying lunch or light dinner, this wholesome dish offers the perfect balance of savory, nutty, slightly sweet, and mildly spicy flavors.

Cooking Method

Blanch the green beans, cabbage, bean sprouts, and carrots until just tender, then cool immediately.
Arrange the lettuce, cucumber, potatoes, blanched vegetables, tofu, tempeh, and boiled eggs on a large serving platter.
Blend the roasted peanuts, garlic, chili, palm sugar, sweet soy sauce, tamarind paste, lime juice, salt, and warm water until smooth and creamy.
Adjust the sauce consistency by adding a little more warm water if needed.
Drizzle the peanut sauce generously over the prepared salad.
Sprinkle with fried shallots.
Serve with rice crackers on the side.
Mix everything together before eating for the best flavor.
Add extra sweet soy sauce or chili if desired.
Enjoy immediately while fresh.

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Salad : Green beans – 1 cup (120 g), trimmed ,, Cabbage – 2 cups (150 g), shredded ,, Bean sprouts – 2 cups (200 g)

Salad : Potatoes – 2 medium, boiled and sliced ,, Carrot – 1 large, sliced and blanched ,, Firm tofu – 8 oz (225 g), cubed and lightly fried ,, Tempeh – 8 oz (225 g), cubed and lightly fried

Salad : Large eggs – 2, hard-boiled and halved ,, Cucumber – 1 medium, sliced ,, Lettuce – 2 cups, chopped

Peanut Sauce : Roasted peanuts – 1 cup (150 g) ,, Garlic – 2 cloves ,, Red chili – 1–2 (adjust to taste)

Peanut Sauce : Palm sugar or brown sugar – 1 tbsp ,, Sweet soy sauce (Kecap Manis) – 2 tbsp ,, Tamarind paste – 1 tsp

Peanut Sauce : Lime juice – 1 tbsp ,, Warm water – ½ cup (120 ml) ,, Salt – ½ tsp

Garnish : Fried shallots ,, Rice crackers (Krupuk)

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