Description
Originated from North Sumatra (Padang or Minang), this humble dish can be easily bought from many street vendors (warung nasi). When I studied abroad, I found a shortcut to make this lovely dish. Serve with hot, steamed rice or Indonesian fried rice (nasi goreng) with prawn crackers on the side.
Ingredients
- 1 cup vegetable oil for frying
- 6 hard-boiled eggs, shells removed
- 6 red chile peppers, seeded and chopped
- 4 cloves garlic
- 4 medium shallots
- 2 tomatoes, quartered
- 1 teaspoon shrimp paste
- 1 ½ tablespoons peanut oil
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat 1 cup oil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Deep fry the eggs in the hot oil until they are golden brown
- 5 to 7 minutes; set aside.
- Combine the chile peppers
- garlic
- shallots
- tomatoes
- and shrimp paste in a food processor; blend into a paste. Add in peanut oil. Process again until smooth.
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Pour the chile pepper mixture into the skillet. Stir the vinegar
- sugar
- salt
- and pepper into the mixture. Add the fried eggs to the mixture
- turning to coat. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer until fragrant
- about 5 minutes.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 35 mins
Servings: 6