Sayur asem

Sayur asem is an Indonesian vegetable soup originating from Sundanese cuisine, made of vegetables cooked in a tamarind based broth that gives the dish a refreshing sweet and sour flavor, sometimes enriched with beef stock. Common ingredients include peanuts, young jackfruit, the young leaves and unpeeled seeds of melinjo, bilimbi, chayote, and long beans, with corn a frequent modern addition, though corn was not part of the original recipe since it did not reach the Indonesian archipelago until the sixteenth century. The soup is traditionally served with steamed rice and chili paste, eaten hot or at room temperature, and pairs well with fried or grilled side dishes. It traces to the Sundanese people of West Java, Banten, and the Jakarta region and remains central to Sundanese cuisine and to the daily diet of Jakarta's Betawi community. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/