Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Tauhu Sumbat ( Fried Tofu Stuffed With Vegetables )

Tauhu sumbat - pockets of fried tofu stuffed with vegetables - makes a nutritious snack or meal. You get both protein and vegetables in one serving. Extra tasty when drenched with a spicy peanut sauce

This is the most common fast food you can get it around pasar malam or
at pasar tani.





Wanna try you own?
Simple..

Ingredients
Several pieces of semi-hard bean curd (you can find at the wet market)
1/2 cucumber, cut into fine thin strips
1/2 carrot, cut into fine thin strips
1 cup beansprouts, scalded lightly
Enough oil to deep-fry bean curd Sauce:
1/2 cup asam jawa juice (mix 1 tbsp asam in a bit of water and squeeze out the juice)
2 tbsp oil Combine the following:
300g groundnuts, toasted and pounded coarsely
3 to 4 red chili, seeded and pounded
2 to 3 cilipadi (optional)
3 shallots, pounded
1 clove garlic, pounded
1/2 tsp belacan granules Seasoning:
1 tsp sugar
Pinch of salt, or to taste
1 tsp palm sugar (gula Melaka)
MethodCut bean curd (tauhu) pieces diagonally into halves. Sprinkle a little salt. Pat dry with paper kitchen towels, then deep-fry in hot oil until crispy on the outside.Cut a slit in the tauhu and pry open slightly. Stuff with a little bit of each vegetable into the opening.For the sauce: heat two tablespoons oil in a wok and saute the combined pounded ingredients until fragrant. Add asam jawa juice and seasoning. Bring to a simmering boil until sauce turns thick. Dish out and serve with the tauhu sumbat.


Wow.... looks good? try one today!

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