When I want to prepare a simple vegetable dish for lunch, I usually cook it myself at home using whatever ingredients I have on hand; today, I have genjer (velvetleaf) greens—a vegetable that both I and my family enjoy.
Genjer vegetables are green vegetables that are very delicious when cooked as a sour shrimp paste recipe.
Genjer vegetables are often found in rice fields because these vegetables grow in cells or in swamps with lots of water.
This afternoon, my mother went to the rice fields to look for water spinach, but she ended up bringing home genjer instead. She said the water spinach wasn't growing there right now—only genjer was available.
And finally, I cooked the genjer leaves with shrimp paste chili sauce, but not only that, I also added dried shrimp paste to it.Genjer vegetables with dried shrimp in them is one of my mother's vegetable recipes.
I was also curious about the recipe for genjer greens with dried shrimp, as this was my first time cooking genjer with dried shrimp.
And are you curious? Well, just follow the steps that I will share in my post today?
materials used
4 bunches of genjer (velvetleaf) greens, 100g dried shrimp (ebi), 12 red chilies, 8 bird's eye chilies, 1 clove of garlic, 7 shallots, 1 block of shrimp paste, 1/2 tomato.
Manufacturing procedure
for the genjer leaves, I cut them into smaller pieces and I also took the flowers, while for the ebi, I soaked them first in slightly hot water.
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Next, I heat the water until it boils. After it boils, turn off the stove and then I put the Genjer in the boiling water for about 10 minutes.After 10 minutes, I squeezed out the liquid and set the vegetables aside for the moment.
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As for the spice paste, I blend it until smooth first, then sauté it in hot oil.
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As for the spice paste, I sauté it until the oil separates and it is fully cooked, then I add the dried shrimp first.
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and after the spices are cooked, I add the genjer vegetables. When I cook, I stir-fry them for a few minutes. After they are cooked, I turn off the stove.
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RESULTS
This is the result of the taste and aroma Wow, it is very appetizing I can't wait to taste it, the sweet taste of honey combined with the very fresh and naturally sweet ebi shrimp, the savory taste of shrimp paste and chili makes it spicy and savory, a perfect combination of flavors that is very fitting in my opinion.
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eaten with warm rice and I think if there are genjer vegetables stir-fried with shrimp, I don't need to use fish anymore, it seems like this is already very delicious, the spicy, sweet and savory taste is just right.
Well, if you like my recipe, well, you can make it yourself at home. If you have Genjer at home, you can just bring the recipe I made here.
Thank you 🙂🤗
About the Author
My real name is "Mariana" I am usually called Ryana, I come from Indonesia, my daily activities are working, cooking, taking care of the household, and also traveling, I really enjoy traveling with my husband and children. I also like enjoying culinary delights with my little family,Thank you very much for those who have taken the time to read my post this time, I hope this post is a little useful for the readers, and see you in my next post and I also really hope for the support of all friends, so that what we want while we are here we can make it happen
All these photos are taken by @Ryanaa herself, taken using a Realme phone Type RMX3630
