RECIPE: Make tasty rojak in 3 easy steps

ROJAK

Recipe by Kenneth Francisco, executive chef at Good Old Days.

For the sauce:

2 tbsp shrimp paste^

3 tbsp lime juice

2 tbsp white sugar

15g toasted peanuts

60g cucumber, washed and cut into bite-size pieces

60g pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into bite-size pieces

60g sweet turnip, cut into bite-size pieces

30g bean sprouts, cut in half

40g taupok, toasted for 3min and cut into bite-size pieces

60g you tiao, toasted for 3min and cut into bite-size pieces

1 torch ginger flower bud*, finely minced

30g crushed roasted peanuts

^Also sometime referred to as Shrimp Sauce or Prawn Paste, this dull grey pate is different from sambal shrimp paste. Available in the condiments aisle of major supermarkets. 

*Available at wet markets like Tekka market. 

DIRECTIONS

1. Add the sauce ingredients into a mixing bowl and mix well. 

2. Mix in all the remaining ingredients, except the crushed peanuts.

3. Sprinkle the crushed peanuts to serve. 

GOOD OLD DAYS

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