Indonesia

Sambal Terong

Name: Sambal Terong
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Indonesia
Ingredients: 400 g Asian eggplants; 6 Red chilies; some of each Tomatoes & shallots; 1 tsp Shrimp paste (terasi); some of each Palm sugar & lime; 3 tbsp Oil

Fried eggplant in chili sambal

Sambal terong is an Indonesian dish of fried eggplant in a spicy sambal sauce.

The soft eggplant soaks up the sweet and spicy tomato-chili sauce and is eaten with rice.

Servings3

Time30 min

LevelEasy

Ingredients

Asian eggplants400 g
Red chilies6
Tomatoes & shallotssome of each
Shrimp paste (terasi)1 tsp
Palm sugar & limesome of each
Oil3 tbsp

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Cut the eggplant into pieces and fry golden.
Grind chilies, shallots and tomatoes into a paste.
Fry the paste with terasi in oil.
Season with palm sugar and lime.
Toss the eggplant in the sauce and serve.

Make it original

Terasi is in the Asia Boutique.

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