Raw and fried vegetables with hot peanut sauce (satay) and rice.

Time : 24 minutes

This is a meal inspired by Indonesian meals such as gado-gado, pecel and karedok.

Ingredient for one person

Rice noodles
Tofu
1 onion
Lemon leaves
Tomatoes
2 sweet peppers
Cucumber
1 piece of courgette (zucchini)
1 or 2 carrots
2 cups of raw peanuts
1/2 cup of water
Salt (a pinch) and Sugar (about 1 serving spoon) or kecap manis
Garlic
Ginger
Fresh hot chilli
1/3 teaspoon of turmeric
1/2 teaspoon of coriander powder
1/2 teaspoon of cumin powder
Oil

Preparation

Grind (you can use a blender) and roast the peanuts (on a low fire in a pan or pot), frequently mix until the powder becomes light brown.

Grind the ginger, chilli and garlic, at them to the peanuts the some water, sugar, salt, lemon leaves, cumin, coriander, turmeric and let it boil slowly, stir in until it becomes thick, put it aside.

Put the full peppers in an oiled pan and fry them with some slices of tofu, when they are a bit seared, add the sliced onion, stir.

Slice the cucumber, grate the carrots and the courgette.

Add the noodles in boiling water, once ready you may rinse them.

Put the noodles in a plate, add the grated vegetables, tofu, onions, add the sauce on top and on the side some sliced cucumber, tomatoes and the peppers.

Instead of raw peanuts, you can use unsalted roasted peanuts and grind them or use pure peanut butter (the sauce will look and taste different then).

Raw red kuri squash, potatoes, sparassis.

Time : 14 minutes

Ingredient for one or more persons

Potatoes
1 piece of red kuri squash
Some cauliflower mushroom (sparassis crispa)
1 piece of aubergine
1 garlic clove
1 piece of cucumber
Olive oil
Sesame oil
Canola, maize or peanut oil.
Black pepper
Cumin powder
Red chilli powder
Shoyu (soya sauce)

Preparation

Take a piece of squash and grate it, add a bit of olive oil and few drops of sesame oil, slice the garlic clove (very thin), mix and keep aside.

Slice the potatoes, preheat a pan, add some oil and add the potato slices, stir fry until they sear, add plenty of ground pepper.

Meanwhile, slice the mushroom(s) and the piece of aubergine, gently stir fry them, in the end of the cooking, add some chilli powder, cumin powder and soya sauce.

Serve with some sliced cucumber.

PS : Thanks to Sharon for collecting the mushrooms !