Malay Achar

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Total Time:
15-30 minutes
Serves: 3
Nutrition facts:

240 calories, 9 grams fat

Technique: Stewed Recipe
Difficulty: Easy

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Ingredients

  • 3 - cucumber big, cut 1.5 cm in length with skin and deseed it
  • 2 - carrots, cut 1.5 cm in length
  • List a:
  • 2 - red chillies, slit in the middle
  • 2 - green chillies, slit in the middle
  • 10 - shallots, cut
  • 10 - garlic cloves, cut into two
  • 1 tbsp - tomato sauce
  • To grind(list b):
  • 5 - dried chillies
  • 2 - garlic cloves
  • 1 cm - ginger
  • 4 - shallots
  • To saute(list c):
  • 1 inch piece - cinnamon
  • 3 - garlic cloves, chopped
  • 3 - cardamom
  • 3 - shallots, sliced
  • 3 - cloves
  • 300 ml - vinegar
  • To taste - sugar
  • To taste - salt
  • To fry - oil
  • 1 tsp - sesame seeds, fried lightly

How to Make Malay Achar

  • Put oil in a wok or pan, saute the ingredients to be fried(list c).
  • Once aroma rises, add in the grinding ingredients(list b).
  • Stir for 2 minutes and add in the vegetables (carrots and cucumber) and the ingredients in list a.
  • Stir for 1 minute. Add in vinegar, sugar, salt and leave it, to simmer in low flame.
  • Once the gravy becomes thick, the dish is ready.
  • Add in the sesame seeds and stir.
  • This dish is best, when kept in the fridge overnight, before serving.

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