acar, indonesian pickle

The theme for October's Monthly Mingle is Sensational Sides and although I have quite a few side dishes I could share, I thought I'd celebrate the Australian spring with a dish my northern friends might appreciate because the ingredients will still be available over winter.

This is one of my Indonesian feast recipes: acar.

Pronounced “a-char”, it consists of vegetables cooked in vinegar, spicy long pepper and a touch of palm sugar for good measure.

Our Monthly Mingle host this month will be Ruth's Kitchen Experiments.

Acar (Indonesian Pickle)

Anna's version of various internet recipes. Serves 4.

Ingredients:
1 carrot
1 cucumber, cut lengthways and deseeded
1 red onion
1 cup white vinegar
½ teaspoon chilli powder
½ teaspoon ground long pepper
1 teaspoon palm sugar
½ teaspoon sea salt

Method:

1. Julienne carrot and cucumber.

2. Cut onion into thin half moons.

3. In a non-reactive pan, combine vinegar, sugar, salt, chilli and long pepper.

4. Bring to the boil then add carrot. Boil 2 minutes.

5. Add onion. Boil 1 minute.

6. Add cucumber. Boil 1 minute.

7. Check seasoning, making sure the flavours are balanced.

8. Chill before serving. Store in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

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