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Sambal Tumis Telur Puyuh
Malay Heritage

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.

Prep20m
Cook30m
Total50m
Difficultymedium

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

6 servings
  • Ingredients:20 quail eggs/ telur puyuh, boiled & briefly deep-fried(direbus & digoreng)1 cup chilli paste/ cili boh
  • 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 masak1 large
  • palm sugar/ gula Melaka3 tbsp
  • salt/ garamIngredients to blend:-8 shallots/bawang merah kecil2 tsp
  • of garlic/bawang putihSambal Tumis Telur Puyuh4 cloves

Instructions

  1. 1.

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

  2. 2.

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

  3. 3.

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

  4. 4.

    Put in the sliced onions & quail eggs.

  5. 5.

    Cook till the onions are slightly limp.

  6. 6.

    Panaskan minyak didalam periuk. Tumiskan bahan dikisar sehingga harum.

  7. 7.

    Masukkan belachan & lada boh. Tumis sehingga naik minyak.

  8. 8.

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

  9. 9.

    Masukkan bawang besar & telur puyuh.

  10. 10.

    Masak hingga bawang mula layu.