Mixed Vegetable Salad(A Burmese Vegetable Tray, Known As Assay-Tana) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup vinegar
1 cup water
Pinch salt
Pinch turmeric
Pinch msg (monosodium glutamate)
1/2 onion, thinly sliced
1 large clove of garlic, thinly sliced
1/4 egglant, cut into 1/2-slices
15 okras, whole
10 baby carrots, cut in half lengthwise
1/4 squash, cut into 1/2-slices
1/2 cup string beans, cut into 3-inch pieces
1 large tomato, cut into 1-inch slices
2 tsp. sesame seeds, toasted

Preparation

Deep-fry onions and sliced garlic (separately), until golden. Drain and let cool.
Lightly crush the onions.
Reserve 2 Tbsp. of oil in which the garlic was fried.
Set aside.
Pour vinegar and water in an open pot; stir in salt, turmeric, and msg and let mixture boil.
Boil and strain all the veggies, one variety at a time, until tender-crisp.
(Boil tomato as the very last vegetable.)
Place all the vegetables on a platter.
Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds, crushed onions, fried garlic and 2 Tbsp. reserved oil.
Add more salt per taste.
Mix well before serving. Serve at room temperature.