Ingredients
Number of people
Requirements
- Colander
- Cooking pot
You come across petjels just as often in Suriname as on Java, and the Surinamese version has its own sauce: sweeter and a bit thicker, with less heat. One person makes it with peanut sambal, another with ready-made petjel sauce, and both are equally suitable.
After blanching, really let the vegetables steam dry in a colander. Water clinging to them will dilute the sauce on your plate, and then you'll have a puddle instead of a thick layer that sticks to the cabbage.
Prepare the sauce with hot water, not cold, so it dissolves smoothly to the consistency of yogurt. If it remains too stiff, add it by the tablespoon until it just falls off the spoon.
Ingredients