Mixed Vegetables (Urap)

It's one of my Mom's favorite dish. In Indonesian, it's called Urap. Basically it's a mix of vegetables steamed with grated coconut. Besides healthy, it's also easy to make. :)

Ingredients:

• Vegetables: trimmed beans, bean sprouts, spinach, etc depends on your preference
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1/4 onion
• 2 chilies (none if you don't like spicy food)
• shrimp paste
• 2-3 lime leaves
• 4-5 tbsp dry grated coconut
• 2-3 tbsp vegetable oil
• salt

Method:

1. Put garlic, chili, shrimp paste, lime leaves, and onion into a food processor. Blend them with a little bit of water.
2. Heat the vegetable oil, and then add the blended seasoning, stir until it smells good.
3. Remove from the heat.
4. Add the dry grated coconut, stir well.
5. Steam the seasoned grated coconut for an hour (it will be less for fresh grated coconut). ps: Don't forget to check the level of water for the steaming! Once I had an accident that the water ran out, and I burnt the pan.. LOL. :P
6. While waiting for the grated coconut, boil all the vegetables with salted water. Not all vegetables are necessary to boil. For example, bean sprouts are soaked in hot water for several minutes, no need to boil them.
7. Once the steaming of the grated coconut is done, mix with the vegetables, stir well.
8. Urap is ready to serve with steamed rice. :9

Enjoy! :) 

The Indonesian version: http://dapurdara.blogspot.com/2012/01/urap.html.