Meera Sodha’s Vegan Recipe For Leek And Tempeh Manis | The New Vegan

Tempeh is simply a gift to each location cooks from Indonesia. Made from fermented compressed soy beans, it’s an intelligent constituent balanced to nutrient successful position of protein, subtle and nutty successful flavour and chewy successful texture. Happily, it is besides now wide disposable successful astir ample UK supermarkets. Here, nan tempeh is cooked successful a emblematic Indonesian measurement – that is, fried until crisp, past coated successful a sticky, spicy saccharine soy condiment and liberally radiated pinch salted peanuts. In fact, nan only anomaly is nan leeks, making this crockery mostly Indonesian but via a section successful Lincolnshire.

Leek and tempeh manis

You’ll astir apt request a travel to an online aliases section Asian supermarket to prime up nan kecap manis, a saccharine soy sauce; and sambal oelek, a zingy and magical Indonesian chilli sauce. While you’re there, you could besides bargain nan makrut lime leaves, thenar sweetener and tempeh, but those are besides disposable successful astir large supermarkets these days.

Prep 10 min
Cook 30 min
Serves 4

2 ample leeks (330g)
6 tbsp neutral oil, positive a small other if request be
400g tempeh, trim into 1cm cubes – I for illustration nan Tofoo and Tiba brands
4 ail cloves, peeled and finely sliced
6cm x 2cm portion caller ginger, peeled and finely grated
4 tbsp sambal oelek
3 caller aliases stiff makrut lime leaves, deveined and finely shredded
1½ tbsp thenar sugar, aliases ray brownish soft sugar
1 tbsp kecap manis, plus other for drizzling
Fine oversea salt
60g roasted peanuts, finely chopped
Steamed jasmine rice, to serve

Top and tail nan leeks, trim them successful half lengthways, past finely portion nan whites and greens. Put nan shredded leeks successful a colander, lavation them good successful acold water, past beryllium nan colander successful a vessel of caller acold h2o and time off for 5 minutes, swishing them from clip to clip pinch your hands. Drain nan leeks and group aside.

Put 2 tablespoons of nan lipid successful a wide cookware complete a medium-high heat. When hot, adhd nan tempeh and fry for 8 to 10 minutes, turning until nan cubes are aureate and crisp connected each sides, past transportation to a plate.

Pat nan leeks dry. Pour 3 tablespoons of lipid into nan aforesaid cookware and extremity successful half nan sliced leeks. Cook connected a medium-high power for astir 8 minutes successful all, leaving them undisturbed for a mates of minutes astatine a clip earlier stirring, truthful they crisp up. Once nan leeks are crisp, transportation them to a 2nd plate. Repeat pinch nan remaining leeks, adding much lipid if request be.

In nan aforesaid pan, adhd nan remaining tablespoonful of lipid and nan ail and ginger, and fry, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add nan sambal oelek, shredded lime leaves, thenar sugar, kecap manis, half a spoon of brackish and 2 tablespoons of water, past operation successful each nan browned tempeh, three-quarters of nan crisp leeks and each but a sprinkle of nan peanuts until good combined.

Put nan tempeh and leek substance connected a platter, drizzle pinch a small other kecap manis, past apical first pinch nan remaining leeks followed by nan remaining peanuts. Serve pinch basking jasmine rice.