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).

Strawberry, banana, peanuts, sesame ice cream.

Time : 7  minutes

Ingredient for one person

2 bananas
10 to 15 strawberries depending on the size (and your taste)
1 spoon of raw black sesame seeds (or other sesame seeds if you want)
1 handful of raw peanuts
2 to 4 spoons of water

Preparation

Before preparing the ice cream, you need to slice the banana and deep-freeze them and deep-freeze the strawberries as well. Prepare a bunch of them if you want to make more ice cream and feel free to try with other fruits !

Put all the fruits and seeds in a blender with, add some of the water, blend (you need a good blender that crushes ice), usually, depending on the strength of the machine, you might have to press and stop several times, add more water if needed but not too much as you´ll then get a smoothie !

Enjoy !

Sautéed vegetables with peanut, hazelnut, black sesame sauce.

Time : about 20 minutes

Ingredients for one person

1 or 2 potatoes

1/2 aubergines

1 carrot

1 big onion

1 small piece of fresh ginger

1 small piece of fresh horseradish

1 handful of raw peanuts

1 serving spoon of black sesame seeds (or white if you prefer)

8 hazelnuts or more as you wish

3 garlic cloves

1 serving spoon or tea spoon of sugar

1/2 teaspoon of turmeric

1/2 teaspoon of sweet paprika

1/2 teaspoon of chilli powder (as you wish)

1/2 cup of water

1 lemon (optional)

Some lemon balm leaves or lemon grass.

A bit of chives

A bit of salt or soya sauce

A bit of oil

Preparation

Sauce.

Grind the peanuts, hazelnuts and sesame seeds in a mortar or blender, put them in a saucepan over a low heat with a bit of oil, mix from time to time to not let them burn.
When the whole mixture is a bit brown (such as roasted peanuts), pour the water, let it slowly boil, while you grind the garlic, ginger, horseradish, lemon balm and chives together.
Add them together with the spices, sugar and salt (or soya sauce), stir while it slowly boils until the texture becomes thicker, somehow creamy (add a bit of water if it becomes to thick). It's ready.

Vegetables.

Slice (or dice) the vegetables, add first the potato pieces in a hot oiled pan, let them fry gently, after a few minutes, add the other vegetables.

When everything is ready, serve with the sauce on top and if you want the juice of a lemon.

Feel free to replace the potatoes with rice or noodles for example and to use other fruits or vegetables like peppers, courgettes, parsnip, etc.
If you don't like the taste of hazelnuts or are allergic, you can make this sauce without them (or with other kinds of nuts). For the sauce, I was inspired by the Indonesian peanut sauce (satay sauce, sambal kancang) ; if you don't have any peanuts, you can use a few spoons of peanut butter while the water is boiling with the other ingredients, don't forget to stir.