Asian Vegetable Dishes Recipes - Indonesian Braised Bean-curd Balls (Semur Tahu) Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 cakes white tabu/bean-curd (mashed & sieved)

• 1 egg-white

• 1 1/2 cups cooking oil

• 3 tablespoons margarine

• 2 small carrots (sliced)

• 1lb. (500 g.) local tomatoes (cubed)

• 1/2 cup sliced bamboo shoots

• 1 cup stock

• 1 crab (steamed & shelled)

• 1/2 cup green peas

• salt & pepper to taste

Sauce Ingredients: (blended)

• 6 fl. oz. (180 ml.) water

• 1 tablespoon kicap asin/light soy sauce

• 1 teaspoon kicap manis/dark soy sauce blended

• 3 dessertspoons oyster sauce

• 1 teaspoon sesame oil

• 2 dessertspoons corn-flour

Serves 4-6

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Method:

1. Mix mashed bean-curd with egg-white and season with salt to taste.

2. Heat oil and fry bean-curd mixture by teaspoonfuls, to obtain golden balls. Drain and keep aside.

3. Heat margarine on high flame. Fry carrots, tomatoes and bamboo shoots, 2 minutes. Add stock and simmer till vegetables are tender.

4. Add crab meat, bean-curd balls and peas. Add sauce ingredients and stir till thickened.

5. Adjust seasoning. Remove from flame. Serve hot with boiled white rice.