Lotek

Name: Lotek
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: 1 cup roasted unsalted peanuts; 2 garlic cloves, peeled; 2 red chilies, sliced; 1 tsp aromatic ginger, sliced; 2 tbsp palm sugar, grated; 1 tbsp tamarind paste; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 cup warm water; 2 cups spinach, trimmed; 2 cups cabbage, shredded; 1 cup long beans, chopped; 1 cup bean sprouts, rinsed

A classic Sundanese cooked vegetable salad dressed in a rich, sweet and spicy aromatic peanut sauce.

30 minMediumServes 4340 cal/serving

IndonesianSaladStovetopVeganVegetarianHigh FiberGluten-FreeDairy-FreeEgg-FreeSoy-FreePork-FreeCorn-Free

Ingredients

1 cup roasted unsalted peanuts
2 garlic cloves, peeled
2 red chilies, sliced
1 tsp aromatic ginger, sliced
2 tbsp palm sugar, grated
1 tbsp tamarind paste
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup warm water
2 cups spinach, trimmed
2 cups cabbage, shredded
1 cup long beans, chopped
1 cup bean sprouts, rinsed

Instructions

1

Bring a pot of water to a boil over high heat.
2

Blanch 1 cup chopped long beans and 2 cups shredded cabbage for 2 minutes, then add 2 cups trimmed spinach and 1 cup rinsed bean sprouts for 30 seconds before draining and setting aside.
3

In a mortar or food processor, grind 2 peeled garlic cloves, 2 sliced red chilies, 1 tsp sliced aromatic ginger, 1/2 tsp salt, and 2 tbsp grated palm sugar into a smooth paste.
4

Add 1 cup roasted unsalted peanuts to the paste and crush finely.
5

Stir in 1 tbsp tamarind paste and 1/2 cup warm water to form a thick, smooth sauce.
6

Toss the blanched vegetables into the sauce until thoroughly coated, then serve immediately.

Questions

How long does Lotek keep?

Dressed, it is best the day it is made. Keep the components separate and refrigerated and they hold about two days; dress just before serving.

Can I halve or double Lotek?

Yes. As written it serves 4. Every ingredient in this entry carries precomputed half and double quantities, and the app's batch dial rewrites them inside each step. When doubling on the stovetop, use your widest pan or work in two batches so the food sears instead of steaming.

Serve it with

Cook this free in the app

Textual Chef is a plain-text cooking reference of 3,876 recipes, free to read and cook from, with no account and no paywall. In the app, this entry scales itself: half, standard, or double batch, every quantity recomputed inside the step that uses it. No ads, no life stories, no photos of somebody else's dinner.

The entries are curated and public-domain sourced, written to a fixed template and checked against it: tested quantities, one closed vocabulary of methods, and precomputed half and double batches on every line. Nothing here is a scraped blog post.

Cook this free in the appNo download needed. It opens in your browser, instantly. The kitchen tools (planner, shopping list, pantry, import) are $5.33 a month billed annually, and the first 30 days are free.