After fasting all day, we definitely want to eat a delicious iftar menu. However, not only is it delicious, iftar dishes must contain nutritional content, so that the nutrients needed by the body are still met. Well, stir-fried vegetables could be the right solution for breaking the fast.
Stir-fried vegetables are rich in fiber and nutrients that the body needs after a day of fasting. Below, we present 7 simple vegetable stir-fry recipes, but still nutritious and delicious to eat when breaking the fast.
1. Saute Shrimp Chickpeas
Ingredients:
Shrimp – 300 grams
Chickpeas – 200 grams, cut into matchsticks
Oil – 5 tbsp
Large red chilies – 2 pieces, remove seeds, slice obliquely
Shallots – 4 pieces, thinly sliced
Garlic – 3 cloves, thinly sliced
Granulated sugar – 1 tsp
Salt – 1/2 tsp
Sweet soy sauce – 1 tbsp
Shrimp paste – 1 cm
Water – 100 ml
How to make:
- Saute the garlic and shallots in oil until fragrant.
- Add the shrimp paste, stir until evenly mixed.
- Add chilies, saute until wilted.
- Add shrimp, cook until it changes color.
- Add chickpeas. Season with salt, sugar, soy sauce and water. Cook until the beans are cooked. Correct the taste.
- Remove and ready to serve.
2. Stir-Fry Minced Chicken Pineapple Paprika
Ingredients:
Chicken breast meat – 250 grams
Red bell pepper – 1/2 piece
Green bell pepper – 1/2 piece
Pineapple fruit – 150 grams
Garlic – 3 cloves
Oyster sauce – 1 tbsp
Sweet soy sauce – 4 tbsp
Salt – 1/2 tsp
How to make:
- Wash the chicken meat thoroughly then chop it into small pieces, set aside.
- Cut the peppers and peeled pineapple into small pieces, set aside.
- Finely chop the garlic, then sauté until fragrant. Add minced chicken meat, stir-fry until the chicken changes color, add a little water.
- Season with oyster sauce, soy sauce and salt. Cook until the chicken is cooked and the water has reduced, then add paprika and pineapple.
- Stir briefly, cook until the pineapple and peppers are slightly wilted, remove from heat. Serve warm.
- Tips
- Add the pineapple and peppers when the chicken is cooked so that it remains crispy and has a beautiful color.
3. Saute Turi Anchovy Flowers
Ingredients:
Turi flowers – 300 grams
Fried anchovies – 100 grams
Petai, split into 2 – 2 boards
Water – 50 ml
Oil for frying – as needed
Spice:
Shallots, sliced – 6 cloves
Garlic, sliced – 4 cloves
Red bird’s eye chilies, sliced – 5 pieces
Bay leaves – 2 pieces
Galangal, crushed – 1 segment
Sugar – 1 tsp
How to make:
- Heat the oil, saute shallots, and garlic until fragrant.
- Add chilies, bay leaves and galangal.
- Add petai, add water.
- Add turi flowers and fried anchovies, stir well.
- Adjust the taste with sugar and salt, cook until the turi flowers wilt.
Tips
- To remove the bitter taste from the turi flower, remove the white inner flower bud.
- If you use anchovies, you don’t need to add salt because the anchovies are already salty.
4. Stir-Fry Egg Bean Sprouts
Ingredients:
Eggs, beaten – 2 eggs
Bean sprouts – 100 grams
Onions, coarsely chopped – 2 sticks
Garlic, finely sliced – 3 cloves
Shallots, finely sliced – 3 pieces
Salt – 1/2 tsp
Pepper – 1/4 tsp
Mushroom stock – 1/2 tsp
Sesame oil – 1 tsp
Frying oil, for frying – enough
How to make:
- Beat the eggs, add a little salt and pepper.
- Heat oil, saute shallots and white until fragrant. Set aside in the frying pan.
- Continue by adding the beaten eggs. Make a scramble and mix well with the onions.
- Add bean sprouts, add pepper, salt and mushroom stock. Stir well.
- Add spring onions and sesame oil. Stir well. Once cooked, it is ready to be served.
Tips
Do not cook the bean sprouts for too long, so that the bean sprouts still taste fresh.
5. Saute Button Mushrooms
Ingredients:
Button mushrooms – 200 grams
Broccoli – 100 grams
Red chilies – 3 pieces
Shallots, thinly sliced – 5 pieces
Garlic, crushed – 2 cloves
Tomato, sliced – 1 piece
Bay leaves – 2 pieces
Laos – 2 irises
Sugar – 1/2 tsp
Salt – 1 tsp
Oyster sauce – 2 tbsp
Margarine – 2 tbsp
Water – 125 ml
How to make:
- Heat margarine, sauté the shallots first. Add the garlic and stir until fragrant.
- Add chilies, bay leaves, laos and tomatoes. Cook until the spices are cooked.
- Add water, add sugar, salt and oyster sauce. Boil until the water has subsided slightly.
- Add broccoli, cook until half cooked. Add mushrooms, cook until cooked. Serve.
Tips
Use high heat when sautéing vegetables so that the vegetables don’t get overcooked so that the color of the vegetables remains beautiful.
6. Saute Genjer
Ingredients:
Genjer – 2 bunches
Genjer flowers – 1 bunch
Granulated sugar – 1/2 tsp
Red chili, sliced obliquely – 1 piece
Hot water – 50 ml
Oil for frying – 2 tbsp
Water, for boiling – enough
Ground spices:
Shallots – 4 pieces
Garlic – 3 cloves
Red chilies – 4 pieces
Cayenne pepper – 4 pcs
Red tomatoes – 1/2 fruit
Shrimp paste – 1/2 tsp
Salt – 3/4 tsp
How to make:
- Pick the leaves and flowers of genjer. Wash clean then drain.
- Boil water in a pan. Boil the genjer for just 1 minute to remove the sap. Remove then squeeze out the water. Set aside.
- Heat the oil. Saute ground spices until fragrant.
- Add sugar and red chilies. Stir well.
- Enter genjer. Stir well.
- Pour in hot water. Stir well and cook for just a moment. Lift.
- Ready to be served.
Tips
- If you like, you can grind the ingredients for the ground spices coarsely to reveal the texture.
- Genjer only needs to be cooked briefly so that the texture is still crunchy and the color is beautiful green.
7. Sauteed White Mustard
Ingredients:
White mustard greens, cut into 3 cm pieces – 250 grams
Carrots, thinly sliced – 1 piece
Quail eggs, boiled then peeled – 8 eggs
Onions, thinly sliced lengthwise – 1/2 piece
Garlic, finely crushed – 2 cloves
Curly red chilies, sliced obliquely – 3 pieces
Oyster sauce – 1 tbsp
Salt – 3/4 tsp
Granulated sugar – 1/2 tsp
Sesame oil – 1/2 tsp
Ground pepper – 1/4 tsp
Water – 200 ml
Oil for frying – 2 tbsp
How to make:
- Heat the oil. Saute the garlic and onion until fragrant. Add sliced chilies. Stir well.
- Add carrots and quail eggs, mix well. Pour a little water and cook until the carrots are half cooked.
- Add white mustard greens. Add oyster sauce, salt and sugar. Stir well.
- Pour in the remaining water. Cook until done. Correct the taste.
- Just before lifting, add sesame oil. Stir well. Lift.
- Ready to be served.
Tips
Apart from quail eggs, you can also use meatballs, chicken fillet and shrimp as a stir-fry mixture.
Atsarina Luthfiyyah (Senior Editor)
Has educational experience in the fields of Culinary and Journalism. His hobbies are writing, traveling and cooking. Masters in Communication Sciences at Gadjah Mada University
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