Plecing Kangkung

All year round, vegetables like kangkung or water spinach (Ipomoea reptansi) can be found all over Bali. The local people use this vegetable in some of their favourite recipes for a plain vegetable dish or as an ingredient in a mixed vegetable dish. Here we will introduce you to one such popular recipe of plecing kangkung or kangkung in a hot chilli sauce.

Ingredients:

2 bunches fresh water spinach
2 red chillis
1 clove garlic
3 shallots
1 tomato
2 tbsp. cooking oil
½ tsp. baked shrimp paste
1 tsp. brown sugar
salt to taste

Method:

1. Clean the vegetables well.
2. Boil the water spinach briskly. Do not overcook.
3. Take the water spinach out of the pan, cut through and then squeeze to remove the water.
4. Stir-fry the spices (chilli, tomato, shallot, and garlic).
5. Having stir-fried, grind the spices with the baked shrimp paste, brown sugar and salt.
6. Mix the spices together with the water spinach.
7. Ready to serve.

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