KOMPAS.com – Confused about what dish to make for lunch at home? It looks like this dish of quail egg bitter gourd fried chili sauce could be an option.
To make the side dish richer, you can add peeled shrimp and snow peas. Then, so that the bitter melon doesn’t taste too bitter, coat the bitter melon with fine salt first, then rinse with clean water before processing.
If you are interested in making it at home, the recipe for fried quail egg chili sauce is from the book “210 Recipes Selected from a Variety of Favorite Flavors” The following work by Sufi SY (2015) published by PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama can be imitated at home.
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Ingredients for quail egg bitter gourd chili sauce:
- 2 bitter melon (halve, remove seeds and slice 1 centimeter)
- 10 boiled quail eggs (peeled)
- 100 grams peeled shrimp (roughly chopped)
- 400 milliliters coconut milk (from 1/2 coconut)
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 centimeters galangal (bruised)
- 1 stalk lemongrass (crushed)
- 150 grams peas (roasted)
- Sufficient cooking oil
- Sugar to taste
Ground spices:
- 6 red onions
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 6 red chilies (remove seeds)
- 1/4 teaspoon shrimp paste (grilled)
- Salt to taste
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How to make quail egg bitter gourd chili sauce:
1. Wash the bitter melon then knead the bitter melon evenly with fine salt, then rinse and drain.
2. Heat three tablespoons of cooking oil, then saute the ground spices with galangal, lemongrass and bay leaves until fragrant and the spices are cooked.
3. Add the peeled prawns and stir-fry until the prawns change color, then pour in the coconut milk and stir gently so that the coconut milk doesn’t break. Cook using low heat while stirring until it boils.
4. Add the bitter melon, snow peas and quail eggs, then add enough granulated sugar. Cook again while stirring until all the ingredients are cooked and the spices are absorbed.
5. Correct the taste with additional salt and seasoning, then remove from heat and serve.
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