Tempeh has always been a favorite of many people in Indonesia, besides its affordable price, tempeh is one of the safest sources of protein for consumption. Because it is produced by natural ingredients through the fermentation process. The raw material that is rich in protein is soybeans, soybeans are processed through a fermentation process by giving special yeast and fermented for 24 hours. That's what makes tempeh very tasty, well in Indonesia itself tempeh has a very cheap price so that all circles can afford to consume this. And become a staple as a substitute for meat or fish to enjoy at home with family.
Tempeh is processed into various processed dishes that are very tasty, I have processed a lot of processed dishes from tempeh. Maybe even after this post, you will find more processed tempeh next. Including one of them that I will serve this, delicious, delicious for sure.
Javanese Tempe Orek
Javanese Tempe Orek is a tempeh dish with a dry sauce of several ingredients that have a sweet taste. This tempeh is made rather nyemek or rather wet, with abundant sauce that sticks to the surface of the tempeh on each side.
Now this dish is identical to the addition of soy sauce and pieces of red and green chili, in addition to creating a little spicy flavor also beautifies the dish.
Now, tempe orek can even be called a traditional specialty dish usually prepared during special events as complementary food. However, because it is very easy to make, tempeh orek is now a dish that is prepared almost every day at home.
4 green chilies
2 red chilies
1 lemongrass stick
2 lime leaves
2 bay leaves
2 shallot cloves
2 garlic cloves
20 grams palm sugar
½ teaspoon salt
Cooking Procedure
Cut the tempeh into small squares and rather thin, the shape can be adjusted to your liking.
Fry the tempeh until golden brown or until dry and crisp.
Chop all the other ingredients, mince the chili onion lime leaves and also cut 2 parts of lemongrass.
If all ingredients are ready, I saute shallots and garlic until wilted.
Then add all other ingredients except palm sugar and wait for it to wilt.
After wilting, add palm sugar and enter 100 ml of water, add 1 tablespoon sweet soy sauce.
Add salt stir fry until the water shrinks slightly then add the tempeh that has been fried stir and cook
Results and Serving Suggestions
Serve tempe oreng in your favorite plate, well this recipe can be enjoyed by 2 people to enjoy with warm rice. But if you enjoy directly I think this can only be enjoyed for one person. Well for those of you who are used to enjoying sweet food with a little spicy touch I think this will be very suitable on your tongue.
Usually if I get wet tempeh orek like this I enjoy it with a spoonful of warm white rice. Then I add tempeh orek and emping crackers ahh this is very good.
Well for those of you who are curious about other tempeh recipes, visit my profile you will find many other tempeh recipes that are certainly no less delicious than this dish.
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Welcome to this blog, I have a real name "Nurul", who comes from Indonesia. I have several hobbies, reading, writing, gardening, I also love food and cooking, even art related. And the most interesting one is spending the whole day traveling. From those hobbies, I will share some inspiring content for all of you, I hope you like my blog, please and reblog this post if you like it!
