Recipe of Any-night-of-the-week PLECING KANGKUNG (Water spinach with Sambal)
PLECING KANGKUNG (Water spinach with Sambal). This spicy water spinach salad or what they call plecing kangkung in Lombok is loaded with flavor. The water spinach is blanched and then dress with the spicy sambal that is packed with umami and aromatic herbs and coconut flavor. I love the spiciness and sourness.
This salad is popular in Lombok to company Ayam Bakar Taliwang (BBQ Sweet and Spicy Chicken) and Sate Rembiga (Spiced Beef Sate). Pelecing Kangkung is a kind of side dishes which is served with sambal over the blanched water spinach and also used to be served with Ayam Taliwang. Both of these dishes are from Lombok island.
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This spicy water spinach salad or what they call plecing kangkung in Lombok is loaded with flavor. The water spinach is blanched and then dress with the spicy sambal that is packed with umami and aromatic herbs and coconut flavor. I love the spiciness and sourness.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have plecing kangkung (water spinach with sambal) using 10 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make PLECING KANGKUNG (Water spinach with Sambal):
- {Make ready 1 of bounch of kangkung (water spinach) about 200grams.
- {Make ready 1 of tomatoe.
- {Get 1 teaspoon of shrimp paste (terasi/belacan).
- {Make ready 1 of large shallot.
- {Take 11 of bird's eye chilli (deepen on your spicy level).
- {Make ready 1 teaspoon of sugar.
- {Take 1 teaspoon of salt.
- {Take 1 of fresh lime.
- {Take of Water for boiling.
- {Make ready 1 tablespoon of cooking oil.
The characteristic from placing kangkung is a spicy sambal with a hint of sourness from lime. The water spinach from Lombok island slightly different with a Javanese kangkung, it has a larger size and it give more crunchy texture. Plecing kangkung is an Indonesian spicy water spinach dish made from Lombok island. Plecing kangkung made from blanched kangkung leaf (Ipomoea aquatica) served cold with plecing sambal, made from ground red chili pepper, shallots, garlic, burned bird's eye chili, candlenut, kaffir lime, burned shrimp paste, a pinch of salt and sugar.
Instructions to make PLECING KANGKUNG (Water spinach with Sambal):
- Bring water to boil, add 2 tsp of salt. Boil kangkung for 3 - 4 minutes. Strain the water and set aside..
- In a mortar blend together tomato, chilies, garlic, shalot, terasi with some water. (if you make a lots just use blender or food processor, easy way). Add salt and sugar. Pour the cooked sambal on top of kangkung. Add freshly squeezed lime juice before serving..
Taste test and add salt if desired. Remove from heat and serve with rice. The 'sambal' (spicy condiment) for Plecing Kangkung uses garlic and the acidity comes from lemon. While the 'sambal' for Cemeding Kangkung doesn't use garlic but the acidity comes from tamarind (the sambal for Cemeding Kangkung is the same with the one used for Rujak (spicy fruit salad)). Please don't forget to rate this video. thumbs up/ thumbs down!
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