DENPASAR, BALIPOST. com – Chinese New Year or commonly called Chinese New Year will be celebrated soon. To welcome the Chinese New Year celebration, there’s no harm in trying pickled kiamboy which is currently a trend in the Indonesian culinary world.
This fresh snack combines pieces of fresh fruit, such as young mango, pineapple, water guava, or longan with dried salted plums (kiamboy) which has a distinctive taste that combines salty, sweet and sour. Kiamboy is a type of dried fruit from China, which has gone through a salting and drying process, giving it a distinctive salty and sour taste.
In Indonesia, kiamboy has been used in various types of snacks, one of which is pickled fruit. Fresh pickled sauce with a combination of sweet, sour and spicy flavors is the perfect complement to the fresh fruit combined with kiamboy.
Intrigued by its appetizing taste? You can make kiamboy pickles like the recipe accessed from the YouTube account @Luvita Ho:
Ingredients:
Fresh fruit (young mango, pineapple, grapes, water guava, longan) depending on your taste.
15 Kiamboy (dried salted plums).
Cayenne pepper (to taste).
100 gr granulated sugar.
1/4 tablespoon salt
400 gr water
Songkit orange.
How to make:
Wash all fruit, peel and cut to the desired size.
Prepare a large container, add pieces of fruit, kiamboy and sliced cayenne pepper.
Squeeze the songkit oranges into the fruit mixture, add sugar water and salt
Stir well until all ingredients are mixed and leave in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours for the flavors to infuse.
Kiamboy pickles are ready to be served cold for a fresher sensation. (Beatrix Irenia/balipost)
