How to Prepare Ultimate Bothok Tempe (Spiced Tempe)

Bothok Tempe (Spiced Tempe).

You can cook Bothok Tempe (Spiced Tempe) using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Bothok Tempe (Spiced Tempe)

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

Bothok Tempe (Spiced Tempe) step by step

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..