Recipe for Nyonya Acar (Spicy Mixed Vegetable Pickle) 
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Yield:
1
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
500 gm cucumber quartered lengthwise, remove soft centre and cut into 4cm strips
150 gm cabbage leaves cut into 2 1/2cm squares
150 gm carrots cut into 4cm strips
150 gm long beans cut into 4cm strips
200 gm cauliflower cut into small pieces
----------------- Halved and cut into 4cm strips: ----------------
3 x red chillies
3 x green chillies
----------------- Slice thinly: ----------------
50 gm young ginger
3 clv garlic
3 x shallots
50 gm dried prawns soaked and pounded
----------------- Ground ingredients: ----------------
10 x fresh chillies
5 x dried chillies
10 x shallots
5 clv garlic
2 x cm fresh turmeric root
1 tbl sliced galingale ( lengkuas )
3 x candlenuts ( buah keras )
2 x cm cube toasted belacan or 1 tsp belacan powder
1 stalk lemon grass sliced finely
Vinegar mixture
100 ml vinegar
200 ml water
6 tbl sugar
1 tsp salt
125 gm crushed peanut candy or 100g roasted peanuts skinned and pounded
4 tbl roasted sesame seeds
----------------- For scalding vegetables: ----------------
600 ml water
400 ml vinegar
2 tbl salt
Instructions:
Instructions: Method:
RUB cucumber slices with 1 tbsp salt. Leave aside for 1 hour. Wrap in clean towel or muslin cloth and squeeze out excess liquid. Place cucumber slices on a tray and sun for 2 to 3 hours. (This makes the cucumber crunchy.)

For the other vegetables, sun them separately in trays for 1 to 2 hours.

Bring water, vinegar, salt and sugar for scalding vegetables to a rapid boil. Blanch the vegetables, one type at a time: Dip cucumber and cabbage in boiling mixture for 2 to 3 seconds; scald the rest of the vegetables - except chillies - for 8 to 10 seconds. Drain vegetables at once in a colander.

Heat oil in wok and fry the ground ingredients until fragrant and the oil begins to separate. Stir in vinegar and water.

Add sugar and salt and bring to a boil then leave to cool completely.

Stir in dried prawns, ginger, shallots and garlic and all the prepared vegetables. Remove and store in a porcelain jar or a clean, dry glass jar. When about to serve, mix in peanuts and sesame seeds.

Footnote: The acar will keep for two weeks in the fridge if peanuts have not been mixed in.

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