World Flavors Cookbook

Sayur Lodeh

Javanese mixed vegetable coconut milk soup with young jackfruit, eggplant, and long beans — the humble, nourishing daily soup.

Cuisine: Indonesia

Ingredients

• 200g young jackfruit (nangka muda), cubed
• 150g eggplant, cubed
• 100g long beans, cut
• 100g cabbage, shredded
• 400ml coconut milk
• For paste: shallots, garlic, galangal, chilies, shrimp paste (terasi)
• Kaffir lime leaves, salt, palm sugar

Instructions

1. Fry spice paste until fragrant.
2. Add coconut milk and kaffir lime. Bring to simmer.
3. Add jackfruit (hardest vegetable first). Cook 10 minutes.
4. Add eggplant and long beans. Cook 8 minutes.
5. Add cabbage. Cook 3 minutes.
6. Season with salt and palm sugar.