Acar (Cucumber pickle)

Acar is a very simple pickle or salad made from fresh vegetables, - mostly cucumber, carrot and also round white cabbage. This acar give a zing and tangy taste to balance with creamy taste of other dish such as nasi tomato, nasi minyak, nasi dagang - usually we use gee, butter, margerin, milk, cream or santan to make. We always can fine this dish as a accompany for rice dish to replace vegetables or to add more "zingy tangy taste". The basic seasoning as below. You can use just only cucumber, or can add with carrot to get nice contrast colour or some slice cabbage to get crunchy n sweet texture. its depend on u what u like to put in your acar.

Ingredients :

• 1 cucumber - de-seeded and slice to 1 inch length
• 1 carrot - slice to 1 inch length
• 3 pcs of round white cabbage leaves - finely slice

Seasoning :

• 4 - 5 shallots - finely slice
• 1 garlic - finely slice
• 1 cm ginger - finely slice
• 2 fresh red chili - slice
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 5 - 6 tbsp vinegar dilute with 5-6 tbsp water
• salt to taste

*Mix all seasoning ingredients in a bowl and let it rest for about 10 minutes before toss with

vegetables - to allow all the flavor to combine.

Method :

• Mix all vegetables with seasoning mixture. Toss well and serve.

Note : I coarsely grated all vegetable as i'm lazy to cut (julienne) the vegetables.... heheheheh