16 July 2009

Indonesian noodle salad

This one surprised your Dad by being so good - he's not a natural vegetarian. You liked the peanuts best, but did enjoy dipping the noodles in the sauce.

It's adapted from a recipe I found in Olive magazine - their's has raw veg instead.

Makes enough for three. You'll need:

1 egg per person (hardboiled, and halved)
medium egg noodles
1 yellow pepper, sliced
2 green peppers, sliced
1 carrot, peeled and finely sliced into batons
1 onion, finely sliced
roasted peanuts - a scattering per person
1 lime, halved
ketjap manis - a tablespoon per person
a little olive or sunflower oil

Sling the onions in a pan with a little olive or sunflower oil, and cook until they've softened. Add the pepper and carrot, and fry for another 5 minutes or so, until they are tender.

Cook the noodles in boiling water for 3-4 minutes until they are tender. Drain, and add to the vegetables in the pan. Mix everything together, and dish out into three bowls.

To each bowl of noodles add an egg and a scattering of roasted peanuts. Drizzle with a little ketjap manis, and squeeze a little lime juice on top.

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