Nyonya Acar

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  • Prep Time: 3 hours
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
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Acar Ingredients

  • 1 Sunkist Cara Cara orange
  • 200g cucumber
  • 250g cabbage
  • 75g carrot
  • 1 red chilli
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 70g nyonya rempah paste
  • 60g peanuts (toasted & pounded into small pieces)
  • 2 tbsp sesame seeds (toasted till fragrant)

Pickling Liquid Ingredients

  • 75ml vinegar
  • 4 tbsp sugar
  • 1 pinch salt


Vegetables Preparations

Directions

  1. Cucumber - cut into 5x0.5cm sticks, discard seeds
  2. Cabbage - tear into 5x5cm pieces
  3. Carrot - peel skin, cut into 5x0.5cm stickers
  4. Chilli - julienne, discard seed

Directions

  1. Salt the above vegetables for 20 mins. After 20 mins, rinse with water & squeeze vegetables to remove excess liquid. Let it air & drip dry for a couple of hours (or traditionally, sun dry)️. The drier it is, the crunchier it is & the longer it keeps in the fridge.
  2. Blend nyonya rempah paste and cook paste until fragrant & oil splits.
  3. Add pickling liquid, vegetables & stir fry for about 3 mins.
  4. Sprinkle half of the peanuts & half of the sesame seeds. Mix through.
  5. Transfer nyonya acar to a plate & let it cool to room temperature.
  6. Once cool, store in an airtight container. It tastes better the following day when the vegetables are left to absorb the pickling liquid.
  7. Just before serving, garnish with more peanuts, sesame seeds & Sunkist orange segments.

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