Acar: Pickled Vegetables (Vegan)
Acar is an Indonesian version of the Indian achar, or picked vegetables. Eaten as a condiment with satay, fried noodles, or fried rice, Indonesian acar contains cucumber, carrots, shallots and chillies.
20 min4 servings
Ingredients
- 100 gr carrot
- 100 gr cucumber
- 4 shallots, small, peeled, diced
- 5 chilies, small, green
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 4 tbsp vinegar
- 4 tbsp drinking water
Instructions
- 1
Peel carrots, remove cucumber seeds, and dice both (0.5 cm x 0.5 cm).
- 2
In a medium-sized bowl, put all the ingredients together and mix well until all the salt and sugar are dissolved.
- 3
Keep in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before serving.
- 4
Transfer to a small serving bowl and serve it as a condiment.
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