Acar Awak Recipe

Recipe By Slurrp

A very healthy dish prepared from pickled vegetables that are mildly spiced,sourish with a taste of sweetness as well. 'Acar awak' are pickled vegetables which are mildly spiced, sourish and with a tinge of sweetness too. It serves as a condiment as well as an accompaniment to many local dishes due to its tantalizing flavours. Acar awak is a pickled vegetables dish known best within the Nyonya or Peranakan community. Usually, it is prepared in large amount and stored in glass bottles for later consumption as these pickled vegetables taste better as they age. Usually enjoyed as a side dish or condiment along with rice, it stirs up the appetite.

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Ingredients for Acar Awak Recipe

  • 180 gram Carrot
  • 180 gram cucumber
  • 2 teaspoon Salt
  • 600 milliliter Water
  • 4 teaspoon white vinegar
  • 90 gram white cabbage
  • 60 gram French beans
  • 80 gram cauliflower
  • 3 cm fresh turmeric
  • 1 Nos candlenuts
  • 3 Nos fresh chilli peppers
  • 4 Nos shallots
  • 3 cm galangal
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 1 stalk Lemongrass
  • 2 tablespoon Oil
  • 1 teaspoon tamarind paste
  • 5 gram shrimp paste
  • As required Salt
  • As required Sugar
  • 30 gram Peanuts

Directions: Acar Awak Recipe

step 1

  • STEP 1.Cut carrots, cucumber, french beans, cauliflower and cabbage into pieces.

step 2

  • STEP 1.Deseed cucumber, mix cucumber and carrot in 2 tsp salt and store in the refrigerator.

step 3

  • STEP 1.Boil a pot of water, add 2 tsp of vinegar add cabbage and french beans and cook it for one minute.

step 4

  • STEP 1.Place carrots, cucumbers, cabbage, french beans and bake it in oven for 40 mins.

step 5

  • STEP 1.Grind chillies, shallots, candlenut, turmeric, galangal, garlic, lemongrass until smooth.

step 6

  • STEP 1.Add oil in a pan & heat it. Now add ground ingredients and saute them. Then add water followed by tamarind paste and bring to boil.

step 7

  • STEP 1.Once it begins to boil, add shrimp paste, vinegar add salt and sugar as per taste.

step 8

  • STEP 1.Add crushed peanuts into the chilli paste and put off the boiled veggies from oven and add it into pan.
Nutrition
value
665
calories per serving
43 g Fat21 g Protein47 g Carbs29 g FiberOther

Current Totals

  • Fat
    43g
  • Protein
    21g
  • Carbs
    47g
  • Fiber
    29g

MacroNutrients

  • Carbs
    47g
  • Protein
    21g
  • Fiber
    29g

Fats

  • Fat
    43g

Vitamins & Minerals

  • Calcium
    438mg
  • Iron
    15mg
  • Vitamin A
    5274mcg
  • Vitamin B1
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B2
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B3
    6mg
  • Vitamin B6
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B9
    276mcg
  • Vitamin B12
    < 1mcg
  • Vitamin C
    119mg
  • Vitamin E
    5mg
  • Copper
    < 1mcg
  • Magnesium
    297mg
  • Manganese
    11mg
  • Phosphorus
    422mg
  • Selenium
    8mcg
  • Zinc
    4mg
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. All nutritional information presented are estimates and not meant to substitute professional dietary advice or treatment
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Recipe By Slurrp