World Flavors Cookbook

Plecing Kangkung (Spicy Water Spinach)

Name: Plecing Kangkung (Spicy Water Spinach)
Cook time: 5 min
Cuisine: Indonesia
Ingredients: Water spinach (kangkong), bean sprouts Sambal Plecing: Raw chillies, tomatoes, shrimp paste, lime juice, salt

Blanched water spinach served with a fiery, raw sambal of tomatoes and chillies, a specialty of Lombok.

Cuisine: Indonesia

Ingredients

Water spinach (kangkong), bean sprouts Sambal Plecing: Raw chillies, tomatoes, shrimp paste, lime juice, salt

Instructions

1. Quickly blanch the kangkong and sprouts. Shock in cold water to keep green. 2. Grind the raw sambal ingredients into a coarse paste. 3. Place the greens on a plate and top with a large amount of the spicy sambal.