Indonesian recipe "Nasi tahu telur" (rice with tofu, eggs and vegetables showered with peanut sauce)
Dear Steemians...
today I'd like to give you another vegetarian recipe , a speciality from Kudus, the city I once lived for at least 4 years in Indonesia. You can also make it vegan if you skip the egg.
The dish is called "Tahu telur" or often also called "Lontong tahu telur" as it's eaten with lontong, a compressed rice cake wrapped with banana leaf.
Since banana leaf is rather expensive here in Europe and my banana tree is dead (It has already survived 2 winter but somehow this summer it just doesn't sprout again), so now I can only enjoy it with steamed rice.
One can also cook lontong using plastic wrap, but I just don't like it.
Lontong in plastic wrap doesn't really taste as good anyway, so I rather not do it.
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This dish would often also served with "Gimbal Udang" = shrimp fritters. In Andalusia there is also a similar one with "Gimbal udang", it's called "Tortillitas de Camarones".
The only difference is just that the Andalusian one would use batter of wheat flour; chickpea flour; water; onion (alternatively shallot or scallion); parsley; shrimp; salt and pepper, whereas "Gimbal Udang" would use batter of wheat flour; rice flour; water/coconut milk; garlic; spring onion/chives; salt and either pepper or coriander.
Both taste wondeful. ^_^
However yesterday I just had no shrimp and rather lazy too to make the shrimp fritters, so I just decided to make this a vegetarian menu. :-D
These are the ingredients needed for the recipe:
- a block of tofu, diced
- 1-2 eggs (optional)
- 100 g roast peanut
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp lime juice
- 50 ml hot water
- chili (optional)
- 3-4 tbsp sweet soy sauce
-chopped celery for garnish
-shredded cabbage or soya bean sprouts (raw)
- petis udang = shrimp paste (optional)
If you're neither vegan nor vegetarian, you can buy "petis udang" at amazon. It looks like this:
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Instruction:
1. Stir well 2 eggs in a bowl as if you want to make an omelette out of them, then put the diced tofu in the bowl and mix them slowly to make sure that the diced tofu are not damaged. Then fry the diced tofu and the eggs together.
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2. Grind well the garlic, salt, chili (and perhaps 'petis udang') and then crush the roast peanuts using mortar. The peanuts need not to be ground thoroughly, a little bit rough/coarse is fine. It's best if you can still have the crunchy texture, that's why in this case using mortar is better than food processor.
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3. Add the sweet soy sauce, pour the hot water and lime juice in the mixture. Now the peanut sauce is ready and can be mixed with the fried tofu and eggs.
If you don't have sweet soy sauce, you can replace it with normal dark soy sauce and add 2 tbsp of molasses or 50 g of palm sugar.
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4. Scoop some rice and put it on the plate. Arrange the fried tofu with eggs on the rice plate, garnish it with cabbage and chopped celery then pour some peanut sauce on it.
I feel that 1 chili wasn't tasty enough for me so I add some chopped rawit chilis for my own portion. ^_^
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Since I had no shrimp fritters so I served it with "kerupuk udang" (shrimp chip) instead.
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It's very simple, isn't it? It doesn't take much time to cook it either.
Have a nice try and hope you would like the taste as well. My hubby likes it a lot. ;-)
Thanks in advance for your upvote!
Oh, das sieht echt super lecker aus! Mit Erdnüssen <3
Komm... probier mal hahaha.
This dish looks yummy! The peanut sauce makes the fried tofu and eggs look so good. The cabbages, the chopped celery and the chili make the dish look fresh. Good combination!
Looking into your link, I found out that the “lontong” is interesting with the banana leaf. It’s unfortunate that your banana tree is dead now. Hope you can find a new one in future.
Thanks so much for sharing your recipe. ;)
p.s. It’s great that you have mortar in cooking process. For me, I like to cook chilies paste in it, too.
Yeah... It tastes differently using mortar and food processor. The heat caused by rotation of the blades could changed the chemical substance composition. That's why I prefer using mortar than food processor if I only cook only for my little family anyway.
It's different if I cook for more person, for example when I prepare a party, food processor is naturally a big help. :)
By the way @tangmo, are you in Bangkok or near there? Which part of Thailand would you suggest me in case we travel there?
I totally agree with you regarding mortar.
I’m very glad to hear that you plan to travel to Thailand. When will you expect the visit?
There are various places that I would like to recommend for you…
If you love sea, I suggest Pattaya that is not far away from Bangkok or Phuket that is situated in the South of Thailand.
If you love mountains, I suggest Chiengmai, in the North of Thailand.
If you love historical site, I suggest Ayutthaya that is very near Bangkok.
In Bangkok, you may visit Wat Phra Kaew or Temple of the Emerald Buddha or you may go for shopping at many large shopping malls here.
You are all welcome to Bangkok.
p.s. I live in Nonthaburi that is next to Bangkok and would love to meet you all. ;)
Ein weiteres Rezept für die Sammlung, danke :-)
Ich bin keine leidenschaftliche Köchin, die gerne stundenlang am Herd steht. Daher sind deine Rezepte, die schnell und einfach nachzukochen sind, sehr willkommen!
Ich würde beim Kochen auch keine Plastikfolie verwenden.
Ich wünsche dir viel Erfolg. :)
Ja, auch wenn das Plastik zum Kochen geeignet ist, ist es nicht so gesund... nicht umweltfreundlich und schmeckt auch nicht gut.
It looks really very delicious and wonderful! You had a mortar like me, too! Awesome kitchen! I really want to cook this dish very much, I think it's very yummy. Resteemed it on my blog already. Thank you so much for your great recipe, too! ;)
I hope you would find it tasty too after you tried :).
I think a mortar is better than electronic food processor. I only use the later if I cook for many person, for a party for example.
oh ja liebe @kobold-djawa, das habe ich auch so in Erinnerung, habe ich es damals auf Bali gegessen. Mir persönlich schmeckt die Soße mit dem Tofu sehr gut. Auch kannte ich davor nur 2 Reis Sorten, aber danach wusste ich dass es viel viel mehr Sorten gibt, als ich jemals gedacht habe. Die Schärfe beim Essen ist für mich immer gerne willkommen, da kann ich Scharf essen wie noch was :-))) Leckere Teller hast du gezaubert
Es sieht so aus, dass du viele Sorten von heimischen Essen bereits ausprobiert hast, schön. :)
Das ist gut finde ich. Es wäre schade, wenn man schon tausenden Kilometer verreist nur um ständig das Gericht von zu Hause zu essen, das bestimmt auch leckerer und sogar günstiger im eigenen Land ist.
Kartoffelsalat in Indonesien und im Saarland ist auf keinem Fall vergleichbar, also würde ich lieber in Indonesien "Pecel sayur" oder "Urap" essen hahaha.
It sounds delicious!
Thank you for sharing this step by step recipe! Very simple to cook after and good pictures!
I really love rice dishes and tofu as well! We used to cook seasonal and local menues, but sometimes i make an exception and the next time it will be your posted dish! Thanks for inspiring!
Best regards out of the van
Sarah
You're welcome Sarah. :)
Sometimes we could always try out something new.
Ich habe noch nicht zu Mittag gegessen - also ich könnte jetzt direkt zulangen...
Besonders auf dem 2. Bild von unten sieht das Gericht ultra-lecker aus!
Danke... ich hoffe das hat dir gut geschmeckt, falls du es bereits ausprobiert hättest.
Aduhh..lhat masakanmu Jeng...bikin aku kangen Yogyakarta, waktu kuliah di sana sering banget aku makan nasi ini. Uenak tenan! Makasih telah hadirkan rindu utkku ya Jeng. Salam utk keluarga dsna dan tetap berbahagia. Salam dari kami di Aceh.
Hahaha, setidaknya di sana bumbu-bumbunya tetep gampang didapat dan murah meriah.
Salam kembali dari sini... Selamat ber hari raya, Eid Mubarak.
super Rezept, vielen Dank dafür. Ich glaube das kochen wir mal nach. Sieht wirklich mega lecker aus! 😋
Das freut mich. Viel Spaß beim nach kochen.
danke!
Peanut sauce with sweet soy sauce is very helpful to make simple food so delicious and easy to serve. As is the case with "Sambal Balado", just add to the main ingredients.
Thanks for the recipe @kobold-djawa :)
You're welcome :)