Indonesian Recipes (Bali, Java) - Quails Eggs in Coconut Cream Recipe

Ingredients

• 12 quails' eggs or 4 hens' eggs

• 1 red chili

• 3 shallots

• 2 cloves garlic

• 1 teaspoon petis

• 1 piece kund, about 2 cm/3/4 in long

• 1 piece galangal root, about 3 cm/1 1/4 in long

• 2 cups coconut milk

• 1-2 tablespoons tamarind water salt

• pinch of sugar

• oil

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Method:

1. Boil the quails' eggs for 2-3 minutes (hens' eggs for 8-9 minutes). Shell the eggs and fry half of them in oil until light brown.

2. Cut the chilies into thin strips, peel the shallots and garlic, pound into a paste and fry together with crab paste (petis) in 2 tablespoons of oil.

3. Crush the kunci and galangal root (peeled). Add together with the coconut milk, tamarind water, salt and sugar. Simmer over a low heat for 5 minutes.

4. Finally add the quails' eggs and simmer briefly.