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Cabbage Sayur Lodeh
🇮🇩 Indonesian

Cabbage Sayur Lodeh

🇮🇩 Indonesian

A slow-simmered indonesian pot of cabbage, root vegetables and rich broth — dinner that tastes like a warm kitchen on a cold day. Ready in 50 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 35 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Garlic2, chopped
  • Potato3 medium, cubed
  • Carrot2, thickly sliced
  • Green Beans150 g
  • Cabbage1/2 head
  • Coconut Milk400 ml
  • Shallots4 cloves, minced
  • Stock or Broth750 ml
  • Ground Coriander1 tsp
  • Coconut Oil2 tbsp

Optional extras

  • Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

  1. 1

    Warm the Coconut Oil in a heavy casserole and brown the cabbage well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.

  2. 2

    Lift the cabbage out, soften the garlic and shallots in the same pot, then add the ground coriander.

  3. 3

    Return the cabbage, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.

  4. 4

    Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.

  5. 5

    Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with fresh cilantro right before serving.

Chef's tip

A final squeeze of lime just before serving lifts every other flavour.

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Watch how it's made

Video: SAYUR LODEH RECIPE| INDONESIAN VEGETABLE CURRY| RESPI SAYUR LODEH · on YouTube