Gado Gado Vegetable Salad

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Gado-gado is an Indonesian dish comprising a vegetable salad served with a peanut sauce dressing.

Ingredients:

• Small Potatoes – 10
• Green Beans – 12
• Carrot – 1, peeled and sliced
• Small Broccoli or Cauliflower Floret – 1 cup
• Snow Peas – 12, small
• Chinese Cabbage – 2 cups, roughly chopped
• Bean Sprouts – 1 cup
• Spicy Nut Sauce – 1 cup
• Lebanese Cucumber – 1 small, sliced
• Cherry Tomatoes – 3, sliced
• Hard-boiled Eggs – 3, cut into wedges
• Red Onion – 1, cut into rings
• Red Chilli – shredded, for garnish
• Green Chilli – shredded, for garnish
• Lime Wedges – 6

Method:

1. Boil potatoes until tender.
2. Drain and cut each in half.
3. In lightly salted water, parboil the beans, carrot and broccoli.
4. Drain and refresh in cold water and drain again.
5. Boil more lightly salted water and blanch he snow peas, cabbage and sprouts.
6. Drain and refresh in cold water and drain again.
7. In a large bowl, combine all the cooked ingredients.
8. Add 2/3rd of the spicy nut sauce and stir carefully.
9. Pile the salad on a platter.
10. Surround with the cucumber and tomato slices and the egg wedges.
11. Drizzle the remaining sauce over the top.
12. Scatter the onion rings, red chilli and green chilli on top.
13. Place lime wedges around the edges.
14. Serve.