It's part of every meal, or it should be in my view. The difficult thing about vegetables is that they're pretty bland on their own. You have to do something with it to make it tasty! My favorite vegetable is lettuce in all different variations with a dressing, green beans cooked in stock with thyme and onion, broccoli steamed and some others.
In the Indonesion kitchen they cook vegetables in a 'boemboe' an herb mixture with coconutmilk. This is so good! Try Sayur Lodeh or Sambal Goreng Beans, yummy. If I ever turn vegetarion I'll eat lots and lots of indonesion food ;-) When I get take-out at an Indonesian restaurant I usually prefer vegetables and tofu dishes over meat, so usually 3 veg/tofu dishes and one meat/chicken/fish dish. Yummy!
Most important when cooking vegetables is not to overcook them, they should usually be firm and crispy to eat.
Try some of my favorites below, wonder what you'll think of them. Enjoy.
8/7/2006 - Visited: 3 times - Mailed: 0 times - Entree - Indonesia - Clean beans and cut in pieces. Blanch in salted water. Prepare boemboe by making a...... 1 pnd string beans or green beans 5 shallots, chopped 2 tbsp asem (tamarinde) 3 cloves .....
5/3/2006 - Visited: 2 times - Mailed: 0 times - Entree - Turkey - Heat the oil in a wok or Dutch oven on medium-high heat. Add the potatoes (in two bat...... 4-5 tbsp sunflower oil 4 large potatoes, peeled and cubed 2 large carrots, thinly sliced.....
4/17/2006 - Visited: 7 times - Mailed: 0 times - Entree - Indonesia - Clean vegetables and cut to bitsize pieces. Make a paste of the shallots, garlic, ...... 1 pnd mix 'hard' vegetables (green beans, carrot, cabbage) 1/4 pnd bambooshoots 10 shall.....
3/29/2006 - Visited: 4 times - Mailed: 0 times - Sidedish - United States - Preheat oven to 350F/180C. Roast potatoes for about 45 mins. Take out and let cool. ...... 2 pnds medium potatoes, rubbed and cleaned. Use fork to prick the potato. 2 tbsp melted b.....
3/29/2006 - Visited: 9 times - Mailed: 0 times - Sidedish - United States - Preheat oven to 180C/350F. Peal potatoes and cut in slices of about 3/4". Melt butter...... 3 large potatoes 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan 2 tbsp flour 2 tbsp dried parsley 1 t.....
3/19/2005 - Visited: 11 times - Mailed: 0 times - Lunchdish - Australia - Mix all well and leave for about an hour. Nice as a sidedish with Tunakebabs or so...... About 1 pnd small new potatoes, cooked 3 spring onions, chopped finely 1 tsp chilipowder.....
3/16/2005 - Visited: 28 times - Mailed: 0 times - Sidedish - Australia - Preheat oven. Prepare fries according to package. When done leave to drain on pape...... 2 pnds fries, frozen or homemade 1 cup shredded cheese, mild 6 slices bacon, crumbled or.....
3/15/2005 - Visited: 13 times - Mailed: 0 times - Sidedish - United States - Lightly saute garlic in some good oliveoil on low heat. Mix with parsley and salt to ...... About 1 clove garlic per person, crushed and chopped very finely 1 portion of fresh fried.....
2/21/2005 - Visited: 6 times - Mailed: 0 times - Sidedish - France - Preheat oven, 180C/360F. Divide patatoes over pcs tinfoil, in the centre. Also div...... 1 1/2 pound pealed patatoes, thinly sliced 1 medium onion, finely chopped 2 cloves of ga.....
