Sunday, November 06, 2011

Sambel Goreng Tempe


Tempe is one of the most popular ingredients in Indonesian culinary. It's cheap and a good source of protein. 
I've been living in Cork for almost 6 years now and I only get the  tempe if i went to Dublin or asked my family in Netherlands to bring some. I asked the owner of the Asian shop here if they will have tempe someday, but it never happened. They even didn't know what is tempe.
My friend, been in Cork only about 2 years now, showed tempe to owner of the shop and asked them to sell it in Cork. Voilaaaaa!!! Tempe is available on weekly basis in Cork now.
Lesson to learn:don't just ask, act!




English:
Ingredients:


400 gr tempe (fermented soybean cake)200 ml water
1 tsp salt
1 clove garlic,crushed
1 tsp coriander powder
1 cup vegetable oil

2 bay leaves
2 lemon grass, crushed
2 red chillies, sliced
6 green chillies, sliced
100gr Pete/Parkia/Bitter bean250 ml chicken stock/water
3 tbsp sweet soy sauce
1 tsp sugar

Spices (ground)4 cloves garlic
8 shallots1 tsp belacan1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cm galangal2 tomatos


Method :
1. Slice tempe in 1x1x3cm size. Soak the tempe slices with a mixture of water,garlic,coriander powder and salt for 30 minutes.
2. Heat oil in the frying pan. Drain the marinated tempe, then fry in hot oil until it has golden color, set aside.
3. Heat 3 tablespoons cooking oil in the frying pan, put the ground spices, bay leaves and lemon grass. Saute until fragrant, put the chilies and bitter bean. Stir well.
4. Add fried tempe, pour the stock/water, add sweet soy sauce, and sugar,stir well.
5. Cook over low heat while stirring occasionally, until the stock is reduced.
6. Serve with rice.



Bahasa Indonesia
Bahan 
400 gr tempe 

200 ml air
1 sdt garam

1 bawang putih
1 sdt ketumbar bubuk
1 cup minyak goreng



2 lembar daun salam
2 batang serai bagian putih, memarkan

2 buah cabe merah, iris
6 buah cabai hijau, iris 
100gr petai

250 ml kaldu ayam/air
3 sdm kecap manis
1 sdt gula pasir 


Bumbu halus

4 siung bawang putih
8 butir bawang merah
1 sdt terasi
1/2 sdt garam 
1/2 cm lengkuas 
2 buah tomat 



Cara Membuat :
1. Iris tempe ukuran 1x1x3cm, rendam tempe iris dengan campuran air,bawang putih,ketumbar dan garam selama 30 menit.
2. Panaskan minyak goreng dalam wajan. Tiriskan tempe dari air perendamnya, lalu goreng dalam minyak panas hingga matang,sisihkan.
3. Panaskan 3 sdm minyak goreng dalam wajan, masukkan bumbu halus, daun salam dan serai. Tumis hingga harum, masukkan cabai dan petai. Aduk rata.
4. Masukkan tempe goreng, tuangi kaldu/air, tambahkan kecap manis, dan gula pasir, aduk rata.
5. Masak di atas api kecil sambil sesekali diaduk-aduk hingga semua bahan matang dan bumbu meresap, angkat.



Modified from: Vania

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