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Mixed Pickled Vegetables (Acar Campur)

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Acar campur is a very simple Indonesian pickle salad. Here is one example, of which there are many variations, some of which depend on what items are in season.

Ingredients

  • 1 fresh red pepper, seeded and sliced
  • 1 medium onions, quartered
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • ½-inch cube terasi (shrimp paste)
  • 4 macadamia nuts or 8 almonds
  • 1-inch piece of fresh turmeric or 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
  • ¼ cup corn, sunflower, or olive oil
  • 2 cups white vinegar
  • 1 cup water
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • 3 medium carrots
  • 1 small cauliflower
  • 1 medium cucumber
  • 1 cup white cabbage
  • 1 cup dry-roasted peanuts, coarsely crushed
  • 1 teaspoon salt, to taste

Instructions

  1. 1
    Place the pepper, onion, garlic, shrimp paste, nuts, and turmeric in a food processor. Blend to a paste-like consistency.
  2. 2
    Heat the processed paste mixture in the oil for 2 minutes. Add the vinegar, water, sugar and salt. Bring to a boil while stirring. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, while preparing vegetables.
  3. 3
    Cut carrots into desired bite-sized shapes. Cut green beans into short, even lengths. Separate cauliflower into bite-sized florets. Peel seeded cucumber and cut into bite-sized cubes. Cut cabbage into bite-sized pieces.
  4. 4
    Blanch each vegetable separately in boiling water for 1 minute. Rinse in cold water to halt the cooking. Drain well.
  5. 5
    Add the vegetables to the boiled paste sauce. Gradually bring the entire mixture to a boil. Cook for 5–10 minutes. Do not overcook—the vegetables should still be crunchy.
  6. 6
    Remove from heat. Add the peanuts to the mixture and cool.
  7. 7
    Once cool, cover and chill for at least 3 days before serving.
Category
Salads
Cuisine
Indonesian

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Mixed_Pickled_Vegetables_(Acar_Campur)