Sambal Tumis Telur Puyuh

Sambal Tumis is the most versatile dish I know........You can cook it with quail eggs, ikan bilis, chicken eggs, squid, prawns, chicken, beef or anything actually. You add lemongrass & galangal...and it's suddenly called Terutup! Remove the sugar and it's Asam Pedas! A truly magical dish using very few ingredients. You can have it with white rice, Nasi Lemak......dip bread or cream crackers in it....everything goes with the Sambal Tumis!


Ingredients:

• 20 quail eggs/ telur puyuh, boiled & briefly deep-fried(direbus & digoreng)
• 1 cup chilli paste/ cili boh
• 1 large onion/bawang besar, sliced(hiris kasar)
• 1 tbsp tamarind paste/ asam jawa, mixed with 1/2 c water(diramas bersama ½ cawan air)
• 1 tsp shrimp paste/ belachan, roasted(dibakar)
• ¼ cup oil/ minyak masak
• 3 tbsp palm sugar/ gula Melaka
• 2 tsp salt/ garam
• Ingredients to blend:-
• 8 shallots/bawang merah kecil
• 4 cloves of garlic/bawang putih

Sambal Tumis Telur Puyuh

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pot. Sautee' blended ingredients till fragrant.

2. Put in the shrimp paste & chilli paste till the oil separates from the ingredients.

3. Pour in the tamarind juice, salt & palm sugar. Stir well till it boils gently.

4. Put in the sliced onions & quail eggs.

5. Cook till the onions are slightly limp.



Caranya:

1. Panaskan minyak didalam periuk. Tumiskan bahan dikisar sehingga harum.

2. Masukkan belachan & lada boh. Tumis sehingga naik minyak.

3. Curahkan air asam jawa, gula & garam. Gaul rata sehingga mendidih.

4. Masukkan bawang besar & telur puyuh.

5. Masak hingga bawang mula layu.