Tumis Kangkung Pedas (Spicy Water Spinach Stir Fry)

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Kangkung aka water spinach is a very healthy kind of vegetable. It is very low in calories and fats and it carries excellent level of vitamin A, C, B-complex, and minerals. In Indonesia 🇮🇩 kangkung is very cheap. Indonesian people like to consume kangkung on daily basis. There are many delicious recipes of this vegetable. I will try to share them one by one since here in US kangkung is very expensive 😅 Please follow my Instagram @jenscookingdiary for the Indonesian recipes or @jenscookdineandtravel for the English recipes 🙏🏻😊😘

Tumis Kangkung Pedas (Spicy Water Spinach Stir Fry)

Kangkung aka water spinach is a very healthy kind of vegetable. It is very low in calories and fats and it carries excellent level of vitamin A, C, B-complex, and minerals. In Indonesia 🇮🇩 kangkung is very cheap. Indonesian people like to consume kangkung on daily basis. There are many delicious recipes of this vegetable. I will try to share them one by one since here in US kangkung is very expensive 😅 Please follow my Instagram @jenscookingdiary for the Indonesian recipes or @jenscookdineandtravel for the English recipes 🙏🏻😊😘

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Ingredients

  1. 1 bunchwater spinach (more or less 200 gr), trim the end of the stems and discard, separate the stems and the leaves
  2. 1 Tbspvegetable oil
  3. 2 clovesgarlic, thinly sliced
  4. 3 clovesshallots, thinly sliced
  5. 1red chili pepper, thinly sliced or diagonally sliced
  6. 5bird eye chili peppers, sliced (optional)
  7. 1medium tomato, cut into 6 small wedges
  8. 1/2 tspsalt or to taste
  9. 1/4 tspwhite pepper powder or to taste
  10. 1/4 tspmushroom bouillon
  11. 25 mlwater

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Heat vegetable oil over medium high heat. Sauté garlic and shallots until fragrant.

  2. 2

    Add red chili pepper, bird eye chili peppers (if you use some), and tomato wedges. Mix well.

  3. 3

    Add the water spinach. Season with salt, white pepper powder, and mushroom bouillon. Add water. Keep stirring until the water spinach fully cooked. Remove from the heat.

  4. 4

    Serve immediately over steamed white rice! Yum! 😋

  5. 5

    Note: Don’t wait too long to serve this vegetable. Water spinach turns dark very fast if you don’t eat it right away because it is high in iron 😊

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