Singapore Sayor Loday

Ingredients:

300 g (10 oz) jicama

300 g (10 oz) long beans

240 g (8 oz) French beans

300 g (10 oz) cabbage

4 hard bean curd cakes

180 g (6 oz) small prawns, peeled

60 g (One-and-a-half oz) galangal, peeled and smashed

One lemon grass, cleaned and smashed

One cup dried prawns, washed, soaked and pounded or ground

20 shallots, peeled

2 tsp shrimp paste

One-and-a-half to two coconuts, grated or one-and-a-half cups processed coconut milk

6 cups water

2 tsp salt

One tsp sugar

6-10 dried chillies

One cup vegetable oil

Cooking Instructions:

Cut cabbage into bite-sized pieces. String French beans and cut into finger lengths diagonally. Cut long beans into finger lengths. Peel jicama and shred into finger lengths. Soak dried chillies till soft for half hour in warm water. Pound till fine. Cut each bean curd diagonally. Place wok over high heat and when smoking, add oil. When hot, deep fry the bean curd cakes till golden. Drain. Remove all but 6 Tbs oil and stir fry the pounded chillies till fragrant. Keep aside. Mix coconut with half cup water and squeeze for thick milk. Set aside. Mix with remaining water and squeeze fot thin milk. Or mix half cup processed coconut milk with water. Pound or grind shallots and shrimp paste coarsely. Place thin coconut milk in a suacepan and turn on high heat. Add shallot mixture, dried prawns, galangal and lemon grass. When boiling, add jicama, long beans, French beans, cabbage and prawns. When boiling again, add bean curd and seasoning. Add thick coconut milk and chillies and oil mixture. Boil 10 minutes and serve.

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