Have you ever eaten or cooked chayote before? In my country, we call chayote water pumpkin. There are not many choices of dishes that we can make for a menu from chayote ingredients.
Even so, chayote can always be combined with many ingredients since the chayote flavor is mild so it does not dominate the other ingredients.
For this lunch, I have an idea to make something simple for us but the combination of flavors is comfortable and familiar to my tongue and our family.
I will steam the chayote. Also, I will steam chayote, only then I will add spicy green chili seasoning because my family loves spicy.
In our area, we are used to serving chayote steamed. As a pair of spicy dishes. The slightly sweet taste of steamed chayote, typical of fresh vegetables, makes the spicy taste of other dishes more balanced.
One more thing that characterizes the spicy seasoning. I added Aromatic Ginger, which creates a distinctive aroma for this dish.
In this picture is a small peeled aromatic ginger. In some cases, aromatic ginger is larger in size but not as large as general ginger.
THE INGREDIENTS
- 1 big chayote or 3 small chayote
- 200 grams of tempeh
spicy sauce
- 50 grams of green chilies
- 20 grams of shallots
- 20 grams of garlic
- 10 grams of aromatic ginger
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 tsp of salt
- 1/2 tsp of sugar
- 1/2 tsp of pepper powder
- 1/2 tsp of coriander powder
- 1/2 cup of water
COOKING INSTRUCTIONS
STEP 1
STEP 2
STEP 3
STEP 4
STEP 5
SERVING
On a serving plate, I arrange the slices of steamed chayote neatly. In the middle, I add a cake cutter.
After finishing arranging the slices of steamed chayote, add spicy tempeh in the middle. Then after finishing adding spicy tempeh, lift a cake cutter carefully.
THE RESULTS
Steamed chayote with spicy tempeh is beautifully served on the dining table. Mouthwatering, because the spiciness always tempts me. Also, fresh and juicy chayote creates a refreshing sensation in the mouth after the spicy sensation.
I hope you like the dish that I often serve in my family. However, of course, this time with a slightly different presentation, with a little creativity to create beauty on the dining table.
Have a great day, foodies!
Best Regards,
Anggrek Lestari
Anggrek Lestari is an Indonesian fiction writer who has published two major books. Now She is a full-time content creator. She has a goal to share life, poem, and food content that makes others happy and can get inspiration.
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Wow! I have not tried steaming chayote, I always sautee it eith other ingredients. I wanna try this but not the spicy one.
Here I also often cook chayote for stir-fry also soup with other veggies. :)
The dish looks awesome, as does all your recipes because your presentation is really nice. How many people do the meal serve? Once it cooks down, it looks like really tiny portions.
Thanks for sharing.
We can serve for 4 people. Well, I did not presentation all the cooking results, and that's why the results looks tiny in portion 😊
Duh...I should h ave realized. Just one plate of the entire meal. I was wondering because I was thinking that I'd have eaten all and none would be left for anyone else, hehehe. I'm sure you don't frequently have leftovers the meals look so delicious.
Thanks for the explanation.Take care.
Yes my friend, I always made food for my family, never for myself, and what I made usually my daily food but the presentation is new with my creativity 😊
Take care my friend
I must say, the plating really got me excited about the dish 🤩, you have a talent in making a dish look beautiful on a plate.
By the way, your technique of rubbing the Chayote is brilliant, my mother do the same and it works well in getting rid of the enzyme.
About the tempeh, I have never tasted or heard of it before. Even in Indonesian food stalls here doesn’t seem to serve here. Or maybe I should check the other restaurants too, I’m curious about the taste.
Tempeh is easier to getting rot. Once the tempeh not fresh, the taste will be bitter. Maybe that reason, difficult to transfer tempeh in another area.
Hello friend here in my country it is called chayota and I have only eaten it in soups, but I think this recipe that you bring us today is excellent.
When I buy it I will try to make another recipe for a change.
In country, we love to eat spicy, and chayote can be great option to reduce the spicy taste 😊
This looks so tempting and exciting beautiful 😍. The way you plated this recipe is everything so amazing 🤩.
What a good taste this meal will have. Thanks for always inspiring us.
Wishing you a healthy productive and successful November. Sending love ❤️
Wishing you the same thing, beautiful ❤️
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I thought the green one is avocado mbak. So nice that you can make use of the chayote as beautiful as that, an everyday vegetable for most of us, look so delicious and classy under your plating style. :)
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😊 similar! Chayote is daily veggie here and suitable for diet food 😊
simple yet healthy and looks delicious. I truly want to know the taste of tempeh... can't find it in HK, especially here in the Ph, hehe
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Indonesian tempeh has autentic taste maybe because the quality of soy bean itself.
I saw some people on another country do not like tempeh, the taste like gross but yeah I think its about the quality of soy beans and the tempeh yeast quality
We call chayote as sayote in our local dialect. We used to cook it almost every week. Sometimes we slices it into cubes and saute it and then add with some eggs. We can also cook it with sardines.
Personally, I haven't tried cooking it through steaming, but I tried eating it fresh.
The color of our chayote here is light green while yours is dark green.
We have also light green but for smaller version 😊
Ah I see. Here small and big ones are light green.
This lunch looks delicious and the chayote is super nutritious for our health. Hugs friend
Indeed, steamed chayote also good for people who need to reduce oil intake.
Hugs!
I liked the food presentation @anggreklestari . You're a pro when it comes to cooking 😊. You're so good. Thank you for sharing the recipe 😊
I love to present food in beautiful ways
Thank you 😊
Wow, the platings and preparation are very presentable Ma'am. Another delicious and nutritious recipé I learned from your post. ☺
Thanks 😊
You do more than teach recipes, you make art with food, ahha!
Oh thank you! Glad you enjoy this presentation 😊
Green Chili is totally good for people who dont like spicy..
Indeed, it is good option 😊
It looks so delicious and beautifully decorated by you, we will definitely try it once..
Let me know if you try it later 😊
This is a other great recipe☺☺, I'm guessing it tastes great just as it looks.
We love this combination, light and the other side is spicy 😊
Beautifully made!
Thanks dear ❤️
Have a great day!
So delicious and you are so creative.
Thank you for stopping by and I hope you had a great day
you are welcome my friend
Hh, this looks inviting
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Thank you 😊
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I love eating chayote. This vegegetables are so healthy and yummy. Usually I add spinach when cooking with my chayote vegetables. Thaks for sharing your wonderful recipe.
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