Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Kale soup or Lemak Kale


Ingredients:

2 tbsp minced onion
1/2 tsp minced ginger
1/2 tsp minced garlic
1 fresh chilli or jalapeno pepper
Kale vegetable (base on your need)
1 1/2 can coconut milk
1 1/2 tbsp tumeric powder
salt & white pepper
1/2 extra firm taufo (cut into cubes)
1/4 small size sweet potato (quarterly cut)
5 cups water

Methods:

  1. Clean and cut the kale, peppers, taufo, and sweet potato.
  2. Heat the oil in a pot. Saute onion, garlic, ginger, jalapeno pepper, salt, and white pepper for few seconds. Add 3 tbsp coconut milk and 1 tsp tumeric powder. Stir the mixture gently.
  3. Then add 2 cups water and add coconut milk a little at a time. Stir gently, making sure that the soup is slightly thickened.
  4. Pour in more coconut milk if the mixture is not thickened and add tumeric and salt. Stir gently and let it boil for a few minutes or until the soup boils.
  5. Next, add the balance of water and coconut milk and add salt to taste. Add the taufo into the pot. Let it boil for few seconds.
  6. Then add the clean, cut kale into the soup and cover the pot for few seconds or until the kale turn dark green color.
  7. Finally, add sweet potato and let the soup boil for few seconds or until the sweet potato is cooked.
  8. Ready to serve with rice and fried dried salted fish or poach eggs, etc.


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