Thursday, May 5, 2011

Vegetable Pecel (A Nutrient-Dense Indonesian Food)

Vegetable-pecel-1

Recipes II

    
250 g squash
    
200 g long beans
    
120 g bean sprouts
    
200 g bok choy
    
170 g cabbage
    
500 g white rice or brown rice
 

Method:

Clean and wash beans and cabbage before the cut. Do not cut too small or too big. Prepare a steamer. After the water boils. Enter pieces long beans, cabbage, bean sprouts, bok choy. Steam for approximately 3-5 minutes. For squash, washed, halved. Can be steamed until cooked or boiled in boiling water about 3 minutes. Remove and drain. Cut according to taste. Prepare in a serving dish, add white rice or brown rice 1 scoop or 1 cup. Add sauce and soy sauce to taste pecel. 
Nutritional value per serving
    Energy: 273.2 kcal
    
Fat: 0.8 g
    
Carbohydrates: 56.4 g
    
Fiber: 7.5 g
    
Protein: 10.1 g 


Tips and Advice

The number of ingredients in the recipe is not the main criterion. Berkreasilah with the number and type of vegetables used, for example using tomatoes, radishes, sweet potatoes, lettuce, spinach, and others. To complement the protein source can add ingredients such as boiled eggs, tempeh, beef, chicken, or fish, which must also be processed in a healthy way. Avoid boiling vegetables if not needed, because most vitamins and minerals will dissolve into the cooking water. Food is cooked in advance will be more easily absorbed by the body's nutrients, and also can kill harmful microorganisms. 

For 3 servings