Indonesian Spiced Tempeh (Sambal Goreng)
This is an Indonesian dish traditionally served at Ramadan where tempeh is simmered in a flavourful sauce.
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 500ml water + 2 teaspoons salt (to soak tempeh)
- 250g tempeh, diced
- 100ml oil (for frying tempeh, can be less or more)
- 1 teaspoon tamarind paste
- 3 tablespoons water
- 5cm galangal
- 2 shallots
- 2 large red chillies
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 curry leaves (if available)
- 1 teaspoon shrimp paste
- 2 tablespoons kecap manis (sweet dark soy sauce)
- 3 tablespoons palm sugar (or brown sugar)
- 1 teaspoon salt
Directions
Preparation:15min ›
Cook:35min ›
Ready in:50min
- Mix the water with the salt. Soak the tempeh for 5 minutes. Drain, heat in a wok the oil and fry the tempeh golden brown.
- Mix the tamarind paste with the 3 tablespoons water, pound or grind the galangal into a paste and finely mince the shallots, the red chillies and the garlic.
- Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a wok and fry the shallots, the garlic, the galangal and the curry leaves for 3 minutes. Then add the shrimp paste and the red chillies and fry for 1 minute.
- Add the kecap manis, palm sugar, tamarind water and the salt and let in simmer slowly for 2 minutes. Then add the tempeh and heat through.
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Excellent way to do tempe. The nutty tempe taste mellows the strong, earthy, fishy shrimp paste. This is balanced with the sour tamarind and the sweet soy sauce. I did make substitutes: ginger for galangal, onions for shallots, and bay laurel for salam leaves. It's good stuff. - 02 Jun 2013 (Review from Allrecipes Southeast Asia)
I followed the recipe to the T and it came out too salty. Good, but salty. I would go easy on the salt next time I make this dish. - 28 Dec 2015 (Review from Allrecipes Southeast Asia)