KOMPAS.com – Sweet and sour capcay with thick, medok sauce could be the right choice for an appetizing dish.
The combination of fresh vegetables, shrimp, meatballs and otak-otak combined in this sweet and sour sauce full of flavor gives a delicious sensation in every bite.
If you are interested in making sweet and sour capcay at home, the recipe is from the book “210 Recipes Selected from a Variety of Favorite Flavors for Everyday Menus and Receptions” The following work by Sufi SY (2015) published by PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama can be imitated by beginners.
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Ingredients for sweet and sour capcay sauce:
- 75 grams of cauliflower florets
- 75 grams of carrots (thinly sliced obliquely)
- 3 white mustard leaves (chopped)
- 50 grams peas (ends removed)
- 1 spring onion (chopped)
- 200 grams fresh tomatoes (mashed)
- 2 tablespoons tomato sauce
- 5 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
- 2 centimeters ginger (finely chopped)
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 100 grams of peeled prawns (clean and leave the tails on)
- 4 meatballs (halves)
- 2 ready-to-use otak-otak (cut into pieces)
- 750 milliliters of hot water/broth
- 1/2 teaspoon fish sauce
- 1/3 teaspoon vinegar
- 1 tablespoon starch (dissolve in 50 milliliters of water)
- 4 red chilies (remove seeds and slice into matchsticks)
- Fine salt to taste
- Sugar to taste
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How to make sweet and sour capcay sauce:
1. Wash all the vegetable ingredients, then strain the mashed tomatoes.
2. Heat oil in a frying pan, then saute the garlic and ginger until fragrant. After that, add the shrimp, meatballs and otak-otak, then cook while stirring until the shrimp changes color.
3. Add the tomato sauce, tomato juice, hot stock and salt, then cook while stirring until the spices are absorbed, about three minutes.
4. Add the vegetables, sliced chilies and granulated sugar, then cook, stirring frequently, until the vegetables wilt. Add fish sauce and vinegar, then cook again until mixed well.
5. Correct the taste with additional salt and seasoning, then thicken the sauce with a starch solution. Cook briefly until the sauce boils, then remove from heat and serve.
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