We loved this side dish when we were in Lombok and ordered it pretty much with every meal. This spicy water spinach salad is packed full of flavour and healthy goodness. The water spinach is blanched and then topped off a tomatoey-coconut sauce. It’s areal umami dish with sweet, sour and salty notes. I served it recently with Ayam Taliwang Bakar, a spicy grilled chicken dish, also from Lombok. Get the recipe here. The recipe for the water spinach I got from the website What To Cook Today.
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Who needs a holiday when food can bring right back to your favourite travel destinations? Ok, just kidding, I do, I need a holiday. But this dish still brought me back to Lombok, even if it was just for 5%. What’s in the sauce? At least 20 long red chilis…