Galangal long beans and dried shrimps Stir Fry



I have been meaning to always make my own simple veggie as side dish, tasty, less prepping and the most essential thing to me is of course to have a taste of a truly Indonesia. Im sure that everyone would always keen to a simple home cooking especially on your busy day, nothing could beat and no doubt about it. 



Home cooking would always offer you home and guaranteed satisfied, I couldn’t help if I ever leave it out as I like being in the kitchen, cooking, doing an experiment with most loved ingredients, create one of kind dish, if it perhaps as like you do.

I have all the fun in the kitchen, chopping, slicing, stir frying and other thing like that. To tell you the truth, if you ever get intimidated by a recipe and have finally failure is a normal thing, we all learn from that stuff, it all makes us move forward and expert by the end.
I came up with this recipe, a simple side dish that could won a meat eater up, Galangal Long Beans and dried shrimps Stir Fry. 
I use fresh galangal root to create earthy flavour and make the whole dish even characterized but you can always substitute with galangal powder.

Furthermore, If perhaps you cant find the dried shrimp, you can always use fresh prawns, dried prawns (ebi) or dried anchovies, all you need to do is have the fun and do your own experiment in the kitchen to create your own signature dish.





Galangal Long Beans and Dried Shrimps Stir Fry
Tumis kacang panjang
Makes 4 servings



Ingredients

400g long beans
30g fresh galangal root (it’s about 4 medium thin slices)
2 tablespoons cooking oil
1/4 cup dried shrimp 
1/3 cup water/sufficient amount
Sea salt, sufficient amount


Preparation
Peel and wash the galangal root under cold running water, cut into match stick set aside
Place the dried shrimps in a small strainer, rinse under cold running water. Spread washed dried shrimps onto a plate lined with paper towel
Wash clean long beans and cut into 2cm length. Keep in a colander


Direction
Heat cooking oil in a wok, add in galangal and stir-fry about few second
Add in dried shrimps and stir fry about few second
Add in long beans, season with sea salt and stir well until all combine.
Add in water and cook for about 3minutes or until cook through but still crunchy
Remove from the heat and serve as side dish






Comments

leaf (the indolent cook) said…
Love it, such a simple dish and I can almost taste the delicious savoury beans...
11 October, 2012 22:58
Nupur said…
Ohh amazing photos.. am soo hooked..
12 October, 2012 05:12
Eha said…
Got the beans and the galangal: fresh prawns will have to do as need a few simple and fast and tasty recipes for the weekend - thank you!!
12 October, 2012 08:33
Food and story said…
wow...looks kries..kries...menggairahkan sekali bu!...wah wajan tanahnya sama, cuma duwek ku sudah 3 tahun yg lalu tp tetep mangkrak :P
12 October, 2012 14:50
Reese@SeasonwithSpice said…
Simple vege dishes are the best. You made them look extra tasty too! I used to cook the same dish when I was in Penang. I'd top the stir fried long beans with red chili peppers and sometimes shallots. Delicious! Ahh...how I miss the flavors of home.
14 October, 2012 05:59
mycookinghut said…
I absolutely love simple dish like this one! Beautiful clicks!
14 October, 2012 18:30
dassana said…
gorgeous pics.... simply beautiful...
14 October, 2012 22:32
Natasha said…
I love all sorts of beans, but these string beans are so tasty, too bad, i can buy them in an asian store here which is quite far. Love the photos, truly beautiful
16 October, 2012 01:35
Nami | Just One Cookbook said…
Sigh... everything you take looks delicious - even simple greens! ;) Whenever I see long beans in Chinese market, it's usually have lots of black spots and never seen this beautiful green and looks fresh! Japanese use dried shrimp in stir fry too. It adds nice flavor!
16 October, 2012 14:06
Hesti HH. said…
Setelah berapa kali visit baru deh bisa kebuka semua fotonya...dan langsung ngeceeees. Simpel tapi merupakan makanan sehari hari yang selalu dirindukan. Fotonya aduhaiiii...
18 October, 2012 10:46
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