boo, Minh phat didn't have lodeh paste, guess I'll have to schlep it to Laguna on Glenferrie to see if they have some... Indulged in a 5 pack of indomie and a couple of heat and eat vegan protein things (chicken rendang and asam fish). will have one of the latter with rice and stir fried kangkung and call it a night. My Indonesian adventures of sayur lodeh and tempeh will have to wait till the weekend.

E: oooh I could also try this Chinese braise recipe using winter melon. I have such a huge one, some was going to go into the lodeh, now I have an idea for the rest.

E2: ok dammit what I've got is bottle gourd, not winter melon. Some really good sabzi recipes out there though, might do one with dessicated coconut and urad+chana dal