host posted on May 10, 2009 03:32

Ingredients:
250 gr tofu/tahu (bean curd)
250 gr tempe
2 onions
1 tsp trassi bakar (shrimp paste)
2 tbsp kecap manis (sweet dark soy sauce)
1 tsp salt
2 salam leaves
5 cloves garlic
3 tbsp palmsugar
2 red lomboks (large chilies)
1 tsp asem / tamarinde
5 cm laos (galangal)
3 tbsp water
500 ml water + 2 tsp salt
oil
Preperation:
Mix the water with the salt. Cut the tempe into dice sized pieces and add it to the water for 5 minutes. Then drain. Cut the tahu/tofu in dice sized pieces. Heat in a wok the oil and fry the tempe and the tahu/tofu golden brown.
Mix the asem with the 3 tbsp water. Pound or grind the laos into a paste. Cut the onions, the lomboks and the garlic fine. Heat in a wok 3 tbsp oil and fry the onions, de garlic, the laos and the salam for 3 minutes. Then add the trassi and the lomboks and fry this for 1 minute. Add the kecap, de palmsugar, the asemwater and the salt and let in simmer slowly for 2 minutes. Then add the tempe and the tahu/tofu and let in simmer for a few moments.