Sambal Telur - Egg Sambal

Sambal Telur - Egg Sambal

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Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Side Dish

Cuisine: Indonesian

Ingredients: Egg

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 20 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoon oil
• 5 tablespoon tomato sauce
• 8 hard boiled eggs, peeled
• 100 ml coconut milk
• juice of 1/2 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

1. Heat oil in a frying pan and sauté spice paste until fragrant, about 3 minutes.
2. Add tomato sauce, stir will, and cook for another 1 minute.
3. Add eggs, mix well, and cook for 2 minutes.
4. Add coconut milk, mix well, simmer for 2 minutes.
5. Add lime juice, palm sugar, and salt. Simmer for 3-5 minutes until the sauce thickens. Adjust salt and sugar as needed.
6. Turn off heat, transfer to a serving plate, and serve with steamed white rice.