FRUITS AND VEGGIES MONDAY: Spicy Eggplant

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If you are a vegetable lover, then you should not miss "purple eggplant" in your menu list. Purple eggplant is easily served by roasting or fried, even served with chili sauce.

This time I will share a typical Indonesian recipe, "Spicy Eggplant". In Indonesian, we call it "Sambal Balado Terong". Sambal Balado is the name called chili sauce, andTerong means eggplant.

Sambal Balado can be a chili sauce that is durable and can be varied with potatoes, eggs, and chicken. Usually, Sambal Balado can be stored for food stocks for more than a week, but must be separated from vegetable ingredients or other proteins during the storage process.

Let's look at how to cook an easy Spicy Eggplant Recipe.

Ingredients:

4 purple eggplants
Oil for frying eggplant
Sugar to taste
Salt to taste

Sambal Balado/Chili Sauce Seasoning

2 cloves of garlic
2 red tomatoes
10 large red chilies
4 cloves of red onion
10 dried chilies. This type of chili is a type of chili that has been dried in the sun first, but you can skip it if you don't have a supply of dried chili.

Directions for Cooking

The first step is to wash the eggplant, then cut it into pieces. Don't cut it too small because it will break if later the eggplant is fried.

The second step is frying the pieces of eggplant until it looks wilted and changes color.

The third step is to drain the fried eggplant to reduce the oil attached to the eggplant.

How to make Sambal Balado / Chili Sauce.

Blend all the ingredients of Sambal Balado / Chili Sauce. You can use a blender or traditional tool.

Look at the color of "chili sauce". It's beautiful, isn't it?

Next, heat the oil to saute. Then, add the chili sauce. Add enough sugar and salt. You can add pieces of red onion to add flavor and aroma. Cook until the sauce has a sweet and ripe smell. Then lift.

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Serving method

Pour sauteed sauce on top of the fried eggplant. Let stand a few minutes before enjoying so that "Sambal" seep into the eggplant.

Serve Spicy Eggplant along with rice or even mashed potatoes.

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This recipe is my family's favorite. Spicy and sweet taste becomes a delicious blend for complementary dishes to eat rice every day, with a cheap budget, but with a rich flavor.