Cuisine: Lédok-lédok

Lédok-Lédok (Moreng-moreng): a vegetarian meal from Nusa Penida

serves four

Cooking ingredients taro (keladi; Colocasia esculenta), 250gr pumpkin, 500gr. corn (roughly ground), 250gr rice, 500gr. long beans, 500gr. amaranth (bayam; fresh leaves), 500gr. kemangi (basil), handful red beans (dried), 250gr.

Sambal garlic, 5 cloves chilli peppers (fresh), 100gr cekuh (kind of ginger), 200gr. limao (small lemon), 2 union, 1 shrimp paste, trasi (possibly), a pinch

 

 

Preparation

1. Put the cooking spices in a blender, blend until reddish sauce

2. boil the red beans for about 20 min. or longer until nearly soft

3. boil rice and corn separately for about 20 min.

4. add (finely) chopped long beans, keladi, pumpkin, amaranth, cook for another 10 min or less

5. add red beans to rice/corn and vegetables

6. add kemangi (basil), few min.

7. add cooking spices

8. simmer for a few minutes, ready! Selamat makan! 

Recipe by Ibu Jero Made Tulus & Granny Si Ketut Rai, Bali Bird Sanctuary, Banjar Bodong, Ped, Nusa Penida, Bali - Indonesia (November 2009).

Images above: Ketut grinding cooking spices, Jero cleaning bayam