Pickled Vegetables

Eat more tumeric. This is a natural way of curing arthritis. Tumeric is one of the most studied of the natural remedies. It is a natural medicine to treat inflammatory disorders. Tumeric can be prepared in many ways. Try this simple dish using tumeric.

Ingredients:

3 Japanese cucumbers
1 carrot
half yam bean
2 red chilli
1/2 inch ginger, shreded finely
2 pips garlic
6 small onions
2 slices lengkuas (galangal)
1 inch piece fresh Kunyit (tumeric)
2 candlenuts
vinegar, sugar salt to taste
3 spoonful oil

Method:

Wash and cut cucumber, yam bean, and carrot lenthwise of 1 inch long and not too thick. Cut chillies lenthwise. Pound lengkuas, garlic, small onions, turmeric and candelnuts finely. Heat oil in a wok and fry the pounded ingredients till fragrant. Add in lemon grass, vinegar, sugar and salt. Simmer for 5 minutes and let it cool. Put the vegetables in and let it stand for about half a day before serving.