Jukit urab (Balinese vegetable salad)

Jukit urab is a delightful salad of blanched vegetables, spiced paste and coconut. Enjoy it on its own with steamed rice or as a part of a shared meal.

Jukit urab is a fragrant, flavour-packed Balinese salad.

• serves

  4

• prep

  30 minutes

• difficulty

  Easy

Ingredients

• 100 g cabbage blanched
• 100 g spinach, blanched
• 100 g long beans, cut into 6cm pieces and cooked
• 100 g bean sprouts, blanched
• 1 large red chilli, sliced
• 1 tbsp grated coconut
• 2 tbsp fried shallots

Dressing

• 2 tbsp fried shallots
• 2 tbsp garlic cloves, sliced
• 1 large red chilli, seeded and sliced
• 2 tsp sambal sereh tabia
• 3 lime leaves, very finely sliced
• 4 cm kencur, sliced
• 10-20 ml lime juice
• 1 g salt
• 1 g crushed black pepper
• 1 g white sugar
• 20 ml coconut oil

Instructions

1. Cut cabbage into pieces about 2.5cm x 1cm.

2. Combine all vegetables, chilli, grated coconut and fried shallots in a salad bowl and mix well.

3. To make the dressing, combine all ingredients and mix well in a separate bowl.

4. Mix the dressing thoroughly with the vegetables.

5. Season to taste with salt, pepper and lime juice. Serve at room temperature.

This recipe is from Our Bali, Your Bali cookbook.

Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.