Stir fried water spinach - Tumis kangkung

Cooking time: 10 min. / 10 min.Difficulty: easy

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Fast and easy recipe with just a few ingredients. That`s this Indonesian recipe with water spinach, I learned from Mario from Jawa. If you are sorry, there are no chilies in the recipe, feel free to add as many as you like ;) Locals do both versions spicy and not spicy too.

Process

Fry shallots and garlic in oil on a high heat about 5 minutes till they shrink a bit. They should be submarged in the oil. Drain.

Crush garlic, shallots and galangal in a mortar or in a blender coarsely.

Clean water spinach. Remove hard stalks. Use just young sprouts with leaves 10-15 cm long.

Heat up oil, 5 tbs approximately, fry garlic, shallots and ginger first. In about a minute add salt, sugar, MSG, chicken powder and stir. Add water spinach. Stir constantly about 5 minutes.

Drain, garnish with sliced red peppers and serve with rice and other Indonesian dishes.

The same process you can use with other kinds of vegetables, for instance green beans.

 

To buy fresh galangal USUK, Europericecooker USUK, Europe, wok pan USUK, Europe

Ingredients

For 4 portions:

  • 300g water spinach (morning glory / kangkung)
  • 5 shallots
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • salt to taste
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 2 slices galangal (Siamese ginger)
  • pinch MSG (optional)
  • 1/2 tsp chicken broth powder
  • oil

Side dish:

  • rice

Authentic tools needed:

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