Chokoes soup (Lodeh)

Name: Chokoes soup (Lodeh)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 chokoes; 6 garlic cloves; 5 red chillies remove seeds; 1 big red onion; 5 candle nuts (sub with macadamias) toasted; 3 bay leaves; 2 lemongrass- tie into knot; 2 cm galangal- thinly slice to release the fragrance; 2 tin coconut cream (400ml ea); 2 tbsp chicken stock; to taste Salt; 10 Prawns (optional); 12 Quail eggs (optional); 1 pc Tempe (optional) - I would definitely use it though; 2 carrots (optional) - thinly slice 3 cm long

Daisy @Daisy

Canberra

It’s an Indonesian dish. You can make it vegan by omitting the prawns and quail eggs. This one recipe is enough for a family of 6 adults.

Daisy @Daisy

Canberra

It’s an Indonesian dish. You can make it vegan by omitting the prawns and quail eggs. This one recipe is enough for a family of 6 adults.

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Ingredients

3chokoes
6garlic cloves
5red chillies remove seeds
1big red onion
5candle nuts (sub with macadamias) toasted
3bay leaves
2lemongrass- tie into knot
2 cmgalangal- thinly slice to release the fragrance
2 tincoconut cream (400ml ea)
2 tbspchicken stock
to tasteSalt
10Prawns (optional)
12Quail eggs (optional)
1 pcTempe (optional) - I would definitely use it though
2carrots (optional) - thinly slice 3 cm long

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Steps

1

Blend in food processor: chillies, garlic, onion, candlenuts. Put aside.
2

Cut Tempe into rectangular shape. Lightly fry them and put aside.
3

Quail eggs, hard boiled and peeled. Put aside.
4

Sauté blended spice plus lemongrass, galangal, bay leaves until fragrant.
5

Add prawns (if using) and cook.
6

Add coconut cream, chicken stock, coconut cream. Add 1.5 L of water. Cook until bubbly.
7

Put into the pot chokoes, carrots, quail eggs, tempe and cook until chokoes are soft.
8

Season with salt. Serve on top of rice cake (lontong) with chicken curry, and prawn crackers...