Mixed Veggies With Coconut Salad
Adulthood is no longer the time to be like children, always saying no to vegetables! In fact, we need more nutrients from vegetables, especially green vegetables, and preferably colorful ones.
There are many ways to serve vegetables. It depends on your individual tastes. In my area, there's a vegetable salad, but it's not served raw.
Indeed, not many people like vegetables served raw because it seems like they're just eating grass. People who learn to like eating vegetables will be surprised if they only eat raw vegetables. That's why vegetable salads really help vegetable lovers combine various flavors from the toppings and sauces they use. This will help enhance the flavor of the vegetables.
Like what I'm going to make this time, vegetable salad with coconut topping. It's very popular in Indonesia.
Grated coconut, especially with its spicy flavor, makes Indonesians love eating vegetables.
Making this vegetable salad is actually very easy. You can even use any of your favorite vegetables. It just takes a little work to make the coconut spicy. But if you can't handle spicy food, you can omit the chili peppers from the ingredients altogether.
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THE INGREDIENTS
- 200 grams of grated coconut
- 200 grams of tempeh
- 100 grams of carrots
- 100 grams of long beans
- 100 grams of Chinese cabbage
spicy coconut flavor
- 30 grams of chilies
- 5 cloves of shallots
- 5 cloves of garlic
- 1 tablespoon of salt
- 15 grams of brown sugar or white sugar
COOKING INSTRUCTIONS
First, prepare all the ingredients. Cut the vegetables you'll use for this vegetable salad into thumb-sized pieces, and I cut the long beans into long pieces.
Then I prepared the ground spices that I would mix with the grated coconut. I boiled the garlic, shallots, and chilies for about 5 minutes.
Then, drain them and start grinding them.
I only used a traditional wooden hand spice grinder, but you can also use a blender or chopper. Don't forget to add the salt and sugar.
Then, bring the water to a boil and boil all the vegetables for about 5 minutes. You can adjust the texture to suit your taste. But I don't think they should be too soft. So, I only cooked them for about 5 minutes.
Then, for the tempeh, I cut them into thin slices. Then, I fried the tempeh until golden brown.
If you have a grill at home, that's even better for grilling the tempeh. But since I don't have one in my rental house, I just fried the tempeh.
Then, it was time to cook the grated coconut with the ground spices I had just made. Heat a little vegetable oil and sauté the ground spices until fragrant.
Then add the grated coconut and stir constantly. Don't let it burn. Use medium heat. Once the grated coconut has evenly mixed with the ground spices, turn off the heat and serve with the boiled vegetables.
SERVE
Don't forget to chop the cucumber first. Then, place all the ingredients on a serving plate and add the spiced grated coconut. Mix well.
As a tip, don't mix all the spiced grated coconut with the vegetables. The spiced coconut can be stored for the next day and won't spoil.
I enjoy this vegetable salad with rice because it can be served as a side dish. However, this dish can also be served as an appetizer. It depends on your personal preference. However, because the vegetable salad I made this time is spicy, it's more suitable as a side dish with rice. ❤️
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Anggrek Lestari
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We all need to explain to our children that vegetables are very important for our health and that they give us a lot of energy, so we should definitely eat them.
I give this a 10 out of 10. Very good presentation, and just seeing it made me want to try it.
I have to say that coconut salad is something new to me, but it looks good. The dish looks great anyway.
Man I love those spices you mix and grind. They surely give a lot of flavor to the mixed veggies no? I am curious now to the taste. And what makes this good is that it is healthy. I am sure Mommy F will love this kind.
The presentation is 👏👏👏
I love veggies now that I am older compared to when I was a kid, haha! 😆
It looks so tasty and nutritional. Nice food. Have a good day!
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Love the idea of spiced coconut, makes veggies so exciting!
I admit I usually don’t get too excited about vegetables (I used to skip them whenever I could 🙈), but the way you made this salad with coconut and tempeh makes it look way more fun and tasty than the usual plain veggies
They are looking very healthy and tasty. If only more people specially in developed countries (aka : USA, Europe, Australia) ate more like that, they won't have the obesity epidemic as they do now.
Me and my husband get used to eat more veggies. We loose weight to balance weight
In fact, Indonesian has high diabetic diasese because not easy to control the food to eat. Not like veggies and prefer to eat instant food
That beans are really so long … it’s a good way to Have vegetables and I am sure with coconut it taste amazing
You’re right, there are so many creative ways to enjoy vegetables.
People who don't like to eat vegetables raw can enjoy them by boiling them half or preparing them as chopsy. Among them, the dish you presented today is also a delicious one that can be enjoyed while preserving the nutrients of the vegetables in the same way.
That looks absolutely deliious!
'm Drooling...
Love the way you Present your food, great man once said - first we eat by eyes then by tongue...
Food should always looks tempting...
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Our perception of what we like changes as we grow older. I visualized my life at the beginning of your post: I hated vegetables, but at some point I started loving them. I never really noticed this transition until I read your post. Today, I love vegetables, and I keep asking myself, when did that change?
Vegetables with sauces and this coconut-based one are very tasty. Since the table is set, I'm going to eat over there now. Hahaha....
By the way friend, I love your reels.I saw that the place where you expanded your garden is already super clean and productive, what a great job you are doing! And I think I saw a tricolour cat looking at you. Or I don't know...maybe it was my idea.
Well, I have big job to set my new garden ehehe but I love being productive. More burn calories. ❤️
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It’s just sad because planting vegetables right now is hard work since it’s always raining. Hays. We only get to eat fresh vegetables when our grandpa brings some from his farm. For the rest, we usually buy them from the market. I just wish I could make a variety of dishes with vegetables like this, so that my nephew will learn to eat them as he grows older. 🙈
This your Veggies and grated coconut recipe is so interesting to make.. My kinda like.
I love the colorful pictures of this vegetable coconut salad! This dish fulfills all criteria of a good meal: it's tasty, healthy and presented in a very appealing way!
As i got older i understand why it's already important to eat vegetables 🥹
That tempeh im so curious is that almond? I don't think we have that in Philippines or maybe just not in my place.. I'm so curioussss
Nice Presentation and nice Recipe Also. Hope to Try Cooking One Someday