Ingredients
Make thin slices of the carrot and the cucumber.
Mix the vinegar, half cup of water, sugar and 1 teaspoon of salt and bring it to a boil.
Places the slices of carrot and cucumber in a bottle and pour the boiled mixture over it and seal the bottle. This can be preserved in refrigerator for future up to a few weeks.
Put all the ingredients in a blender. Add water as required and blend well.
Keep 1-2 teaspoon of this aside to marinate the tofu/tempeh.
Heat the BB Royal cold pressed sesame oil and add the remaining paste to it.
Saute until the raw smell has gone.
Lower the flame and add the coconut milk as required and let it simmer on low flame until the sauce has thickened.
Mix the cubed tofu/tempeh with the paste that was kept aside.
Add 1-2 teaspoons of chili powder if required and salt as required. Marinate for at least half an hour.
Heat BB Royal cold pressed sunflower oil for deep frying. Add the marinated cubes and fry until desired texture.
Boil the shredded cabbage in water for 5 minutes. Drain it but keep aside the water for cooking the rice.
In a pressure cooker, heat a tablespoon of BB Royal organic cold pressed sunflower oil and add the BB Royal Basmati Rice.
Toast the rice for 5 minutes. Add the pandan leaves, lemongrass leaves, the drained water obtained after boiling the cabbage and if needed, some extra water. Cook the rice well.
Prepare the cabbage and the sprouted mung beans/green gram.
Heat a tablespoon BB Royal organic cold pressed sunflower oil in a pan and add the boiled cabbage, add teaspoons of BB Royal chili powder, salt and saute the cabbage until it is cooked to your liking and keep aside.
Toast the peanuts as per liking on a heated pan, and let it cool. Once cooled, rub the peanuts between the palms or fingers to remove the skin. After removing skin, set it aside.
Toast the grated/desiccated coconut on heated pan until it becomes lightly brown. Add 1-2 teaspoons of chili powder, the chili flakes, salt as per taste and a pinch of sugar and mix well and set aside.
Grate the raw mango. Mix it with the powdered sugar/jaggery and turmeric and set aside.
Set the banana leaf on a plate if required. Take the rice in a greased bowl and press it well.
Invert the bowl on the center of the banana leaf.
Place the grated mango, the coconut mix, the peanuts, the mung beans/green gram, the cabbage, the pickled carrots and the pickled cucumbers and the fried tofu/tempeh around the rice with the colours of the adjacent condiment contrasting.
Pour a small amount of the sauce on the rice and garnish it with some chopped lemongrass.