Sayur cicah is a special vegetable from the Aceh region, cicah means a vegetable mixed with grated coconut that is given spices such as shallots, chili pepper and there are also fried peanuts, basically there are various types of cicah spices combined with fresh vegetables, for cicah vegetables itself can be made with various vegetables such as sweet potato leaves, papaya leaves, papaya flowers, genjer leaves, bean sprouts, long beans, bamboo shoots and many other vegetables.
Well, today I will make papaya flower green vegetables mixed with cassava leaves, in my opinion this green leaf vegetable is better than other vegetables, and there is another bamboo vegetable that is also very tasty when cooked in green leaves like this, next time I will make green bamboo shoots with green leaves, friends. Who here does not know cicah spice, I think there must be a lot of them, considering that this cicah spice is a special food of a certain region, and it is certainly known and popular in the region itself,
Except there are some dishes from Aceh that have reached abroad,Well, for those who are curious about what the vegetable seasoning is like, come follow me and see how I make the seasoning.
papaya flowers mixed with cassava leaves are cooked in cicah
My family and I love this vegetable so much, it is our family's favorite vegetable. And I'm sure this will also be your favorite vegetable too, for those of you who like papaya flower vegetables.
Okay, here are the ingredients and procedures for making papaya flower vegetables
Materials used
200 grams of papaya flowers
1 grated coconut
3 hazelnuts
6 cloves of red onion
1 piece of terasi
2 lemongrass sticks
10 cayenne pepper
2 pieces of sour cream
Manufacturing procedure
Heat the water until it boils
Then boiled the papaya flowers and cassava leaves until soft, while waiting for the cassava leaves and papaya flowers to soften, I began to fry the terasi, peanuts and hazelnuts until cooked
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grind all the spices, whether fried or not, such as shallots, cayenne pepper and lemongrass, grind until coarse. finally add the grated coconut as well
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take and squeeze the cassava leaves and papaya flowers that have been boiled, until the water is dry then mix it into the mixture of fine spices and grated coconut earlier
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RESULTS
Papaya flower vegetables cooked in cicah is ready, well this is the recipe for cooking cicah style in my area, it tastes spicy and savory, papaya flower which is usually bitter is cooked like this so it is not bitter anymore, the important thing is that when boiling the water is really boiling.
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The flavor is also very palpable, I also liked the cayenne pepper a lot earlier, so that the spiciness is nampol hehhee,
I wonder if anyone likes the way I pick papaya flowers, try it once you do this, it's guaranteed to be addictive and you'll want to eat it continuously for those who love vegetables
All these photos are taken by @Ryanaa herself, taken using a Realme phone Type RMX3630