Sayur lodeh
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| Type | Soup |
|---|---|
| Course | Main |
| Place of origin | Indonesia |
| Region or state | Java |
| Creator | Javanese |
| Serving temperature | Hot or room temperature |
| Main ingredients | Coconut milk, vegetables (jackfruit, eggplant, chayote, melinjo, long beans, tofu, tempeh), chicken or beef stock |
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Sayur lodeh is a vegetables in coconut milk soup popular in Indonesia, but most often associated with Javanese cuisine.[1]
Ingredients
Common ingredients are young unripe jackfruit, eggplant, chayote, melinjo beans and leaves, long beans, green chili pepper, tofu and tempeh all cooked in coconut milk soups and sometimes enrichen with chicken or beef stock. The bumbu spice mixture includes ground chili pepper (optional, depends on desired degree of spiciness), shallot, garlic, candlenut, coriander, kencur powder, turmeric powder (optional), dried shrimp paste, salt and sugar.[2] The greenish white sayur lodeh is made without turmeric, while the golden one does. Sometimes green stink beans are also mixed within sayur lodeh.
The ingredients of sayur lodeh are similar to sayur asem, with the main difference in its soup, sayur lodeh is coconut milk-based while sayur asem is tamarind-based. To add aroma and taste, sometimes authentic Javanese sayur lodeh recipe might add ground old tempeh. This old and almost rot tempeh is known as "yesterday's tempeh" or "rot tempeh" (Javanese: tempe bosok).[3]
Origin
The origin of the dish can be traced to the Javanese people's tradition of Java. According to Javanese Kejawen beliefs, sayur lodeh is an essential part of slametan ceremony and it is believed as tolak bala, to ward-off any possible danger and disaster.[4] The people and the Keraton (court) of Yogyakarta often communally cook sayur lodeh for slametan ceremony believed would deter disaster; such as wind storm, earthquake, volcanic eruption, drought and plague. It is well-known to belong to the Javanese cuisine and has spread throughout Indonesia and the region.[1] Because of Javanese migration to neighboring countries, today sayur lodeh is also popular in Malaysia and Singapore.[5]
Serving
Sayur lodeh could be served with steamed rice (separated or mixed in one plate), or with sliced lontong rice cake. Although sayur lodeh basically is a vegetarian dish, it is popularly consumed with ikan asin (salted fish), opor ayam, empal gepuk or beef serundeng. Sambal terasi is usually served separately. In Malaysia and Singapore, when sayur lodeh served with lontong (nasi himpit), it is known as lontong. Dried squid sambal, boiled egg and coconut serunding are often added to the lontong dish.
See also
- Sayur asem, similar ingredients, but tamarind-based soup
- Green curry, similar Thai dish
- Amok, similar Cambodian dish
- Urap, vegetables-coconut dish
- List of Indonesian soups
References
- 1 2 "Sayur Lodeh". Tasty Indonesian Food. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
- ↑ Brissenden, Rosemary (2007). Southeast Asian Food, Classic and modern dishes from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Periplus. p. 76. ISBN 0794604889. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ↑ "Sayur Lodeh Tempe Bosok". Resep ID. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
- ↑ Agung PW (February 7, 2005). "Memasak Sayur Lodeh untuk Tolak Bala" (in Indonesian). Suara Merdeka. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
- ↑ Lalitha Kirsnan (May 24, 2013). "Sayur Lodeh". Kampung Singapura. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
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