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Sayur Lemak (Vegetables Cooked in Coconut Milk)

Sayur lemak is a quick and easy Malay and Indonesian dish of vegetables cooked in coconut milk and flavoured and coloured with turmeric.

Ingredients

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5 dried, non smoky red chillies
250 ml water (very hot (just after boiling))
1 large onion
1 small clove garlic
1 stalk lemongrass
3 Tbsp dried shrimp
1 tsp ground turmeric
¼ white cabbage (green cabbage works too)
1 large carrot
1 large aubergine ((eggplant))
200 g green beans (long beans are traditional, but not something I can get easily)
200 g firm tofu
1 stalk lemongrass
5 sprigs coriander leaves ((cilantro))
60 ml vegetable oil (for frying tofu (optional))
2 Tbsp vegetable oil
200 ml coconut milk (½ a standard can or ½ a coconut if you can get it fresh)
200 ml water
1 tsp salt
4 Kaffir lime leaves ((optional))