Now that you’ve seen two food-styled photos of Sayur Lodeh, with garnishing et. al… let me throw you back towards a more realistic view of how Sayur Lodeh is more likely to end up looking when you’re eating it. You could call the (ugly) photo above the “Harsh Realities of the Lodeh”… ha ha ha!
It’s basically a very yellow yellow watery vegetable curry slathered all over your rice. Yellow because of the liberal use of turmeric powder (and maybe the fresh root). But oh my goodness… so delicious! It goes very well with beef rendang, sambal telur (fried boiled eggs in chilli sambal) and ayam goreng (deep fried chicken).