Sayur Asam

Sour Tamarind Soup

This vegetable soup is a must-have item on the menu of every West Java (Sundanese) restaurant in Indonesia.

This soup has some kind of appetizing effect because of the use of tamarind or (dried) sour starfuit as one of the ingredients.

Sayur asem is a compliment to main dish such as Ayam Goreng Kuning, Pepes Ikan or fried salty fish.

INGREDIENTS:

Sugar, shallots, candle nuts, chili, tamarind, greater galangal, salt, monosodium glutamate natrium benzoate