Rojak Recipe

Rojak Recipe

(Singaporean Recipes)

Ingredients:

1 large or 2 small cucumbers

1 small pineapple, not too ripe

3 fresh red or green chilies

 

Dressing:

3 tablespoons Chinese vinegar or other mild vinegar

2 tablespoons sugar

2 teaspoons sambal ulek or crushed fresh chilies

1 teaspoon toasted dried shrimp paste (belachan) or to taste

Salt and lemon juice to taste

 

Method:

Peel cucumbers, cut lengthways and remove seeds, then cut into matchstick strips.  Cut skin off pineapple and remove all the eyes.  Cut pineapple into wedges lengthways, slice off corer, then cut flesh into dice.  Seed chilies and cut into thin slices.  Combine cucumbers, pineapple and chilies in a bowl and sprinkle lightly with salt.

 

Dressing:

Dissolve toasted dried shrimp paste in the vinegar.  Add sugar, chili, salt and lemon juice to taste and toss the dressing with the pineapple mixture.  Alternatively, serve the dressing separately.

 

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