Ah Ma’s Achar

Name: Ah Ma’s Achar
Prep time: 90 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Side dish
Ingredients: 240 g Cucumber; 240 g Pineapple; 120 g Long Beans; 120 g Carrots; 40 g Red Chillies; 60 g Toasted Peanuts; 20 g Toasted Sesame Seeds; 150 ml White Vinegar; 30 ml Calamansi Juice; 1/2 cup Sugar; 2 tsp Salt; 70 g Shallots; 30 g Red Chillies; 20 g Toasted Belachan; 10 g Dried Chillies; 3 cloves Garlic; 2 Candlenuts; 1/2 Tbsp Tumeric; 2 Tbsp Lemongrass; 3 Tbsp Peanut Oil

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Level

moderate

Cooking

30 min

Preparation

90 min

Ingredients

Servings

Cucumber seeds removed, and cut into 5cm sticks	240 g
Pineapple cut into 1 inch chunks	240 g
Long Beans cut into 5cm sticks	120 g
Carrots cut into 5cm sticks	120 g
Red Chillies cut into 5cm strips	40 g
Toasted Peanuts ground	60 g
Toasted Sesame Seeds	20 g
White Vinegar	150 ml
Calamansi Juice	30 ml
Sugar	¹⁄₂ cup
Salt	2 tsp
Spice Paste
Shallots	70 g
Red Chillies seeds removed	30 g
Toasted Belachan	20 g
Dried Chillies seeds removed and soaked in water	10 g
Garlic	3 cloves
Candlenuts	2
Tumeric	¹⁄₂ tbsp
Lemongrass minced	2 tbsp
Peanut Oil	3 tbsp

How to cook

Prepare the achar vegetables mix

Spread out the carrots and cucumber sticks onto a tray.
Sprinkle them with salt and set aside for 45 minutes.
Blanch the long beans for 45 seconds, then strain and set aside.
Transfer the carrots and cucumbers onto a towel and squeeze out the excess water then add them to large mixing bowl.
Add in the pineapple chunks, red chillies and blanched long beans.

Prepare the spice paste

Remove the seeds from red chilies and dried chilies.
Soak red chilies in water.
Blend the soaked red chilies, dried chilies, shallots, garlic, tumeric, candlenuts, lemongrass, toasted belachan and peanut oil into a smooth paste in a food processor.

Start cooking

Stir fry the spice paste in a pan until fragrant.
Mix in white vinegar, calamansi juice, sugar and salt then bring to simmer.
Pour the sauce over the achar vegetables mix.
Sprinkle ground toasted peanuts and sesame seeds then mix evenly.
Let it sit for at least 1 hour at room temperature before eating (for the best results, leave it overnight in the fridge and enjoy it the next day).