🇮🇩 Indonesian Vegetarian

Mixed Vegetables Sambal Matah

Name: Mixed Vegetables Sambal Matah
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1/2, thinly sliced Garlic; handful, torn Fresh Cilantro; 3 tbsp Olive Oil; 1, juiced Lime; 6, sliced Shallots; 500 g Mixed Vegetables; 5 Bird's Eye Chilies; 1 stalk Lemongrass

🇮🇩 Indonesian

Raw Balinese sambal matah — shallots, lemongrass and chili heaped over mixed vegetables. Ready in 15 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 0 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Garlic1/2, thinly sliced
Fresh Cilantrohandful, torn
Olive Oil3 tbsp
Lime1, juiced
Shallots6, sliced
Mixed Vegetables500 g
Bird's Eye Chilies5
Lemongrass1 stalk

Instructions

1
Whisk the lime juice with the olive oil, salt and pepper for a bright, simple dressing.
2
Prepare the mixed vegetables — slice, shred or cube it so every forkful gets some.
3
Toss the mixed vegetables with the garlic, fresh cilantro and the dressing just before serving.
4
Let it sit 5 minutes so the flavours marry, then taste and add another squeeze of lime if it needs lift.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the ground coriander in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Sambal Matah Kacang · on YouTube