Gado-gado – Indonesian peanut salad

Beloved Indonesian salad with blanched vegetables, hard-boiled eggs and fried tofu, drenched in a rich peanut sauce.

Ingredients

• 200 g firm tofu, cubed and fried
• 100 g bean sprouts
• 200 g green beans
• 200 g cabbage, sliced
• 2 potatoes, boiled and sliced
• 4 hard-boiled eggs
• 200 g crunchy peanut butter
• 150 ml coconut milk
• 3 tbsp sweet soy sauce
• 2 tbsp lime juice
• 1 tbsp sambal
• Prawn crackers

Method

1. 1
   Blanch the green beans, bean sprouts and cabbage briefly. Rinse in cold water.
2. 2
   Make the peanut sauce: mix peanut butter, coconut milk, sweet soy sauce, lime juice and sambal. Heat gently.
3. 3
   Arrange all vegetables, potatoes, tofu and eggs on a large platter.
4. 4
   Pour the warm peanut sauce generously over everything.
5. 5
   Garnish with prawn crackers.
6. 6
   Serve immediately.