Sambal Telur – Egg Sambal
- Bijgerecht
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Ingredients
- 4 tablespoon oil
- 5 tablespoon tomato sauce
- 8 hard boiled eggs, peeled
- 100 ml coconut milk
- juice of ½ lime
- 1 tablespoon palm sugar (Indonesian: gula Jawa), or to taste
- 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
Grind the following into spice paste- 100 gram shallot (Indonesian: bawang merah)
- 2 cloves garlic (Indonesian: bawang putih)
- 1 inch ginger (Indonesian: jahe)
- 1-5 red bird eye chilies (Indonesian: cabe rawit merah) (optional)
Instructions- Heat oil in a frying pan and sauté spice paste until fragrant, about 3 minutes.
- Add tomato sauce, stir will, and cook for another 1 minute.
- Add eggs, mix well, and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add coconut milk, mix well, simmer for 2 minutes.
- Add lime juice, palm sugar, and salt. Simmer for 3-5 minutes until the sauce thickens. Adjust salt and sugar as needed.
- Turn off heat, transfer to a serving plate, and serve with steamed white rice.