How to Make Quick Bothok Tempe (Spiced Tempe)

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook Bothok Tempe (Spiced Tempe) using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

This dish is very popular in Central Java and East Java regions, Indonesia. They usually cook it wrapped in banana leaves, but since I did not have much banana leaves left in my freezer, I used a heat resistant ceramic baking dish to cook this.

Ingredients and spices that need to be Take to make Bothok Tempe (Spiced Tempe):

1. 225 grams (1 pack) tempe, cut in small cubes
2. 50 grams huajes (found in Mexican store) ➡ optional (Indonesian : petai cina)
3. 100 grams frozen grated coconut (found in Asian store in freezer section)
4. 1 teaspoon salt
5. 1 teaspoon sugar
6. 100 grams small dried anchovy
7. 3 bay leaves
8. 2 fresno chilies, seeded and thinly sliced
9. 75 ml coconut milk
10. Banana leaves (optional)
11. Grind the following into spice paste :
12. 3 shallots (use 6 if the shallot is small)
13. 3 garlic cloves
14. 2 fresno chilies
15. 1 teaspoon ground coriander
16. 1 teaspoon ground kaempferia galanga (Indonesian : kencur)

Steps to make to make Bothok Tempe (Spiced Tempe)

1. Heat two tablespoons oil in a pan. Saute the spice paste until fragrant.
2. Turn the heat off, place the spice in a bowl. Add the remaining ingredients into the bowl. Mix them up.
3. Put the tempe mixture in a heat resistant baking dish lined with banana leaves (or wax paper). Cover it with banana leaves (to avoid water drips from the steamer lid).
4. Put the baking dish in a steamer (make sure the water in the steamer is boiling). Steam for 25 minutes.
5. Serve with rice.

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