In Indonesia, we often encounter many kinds of foods made from tofu, ranging from the cooking time takes a long time to a short time.
Many kinds of food recipes in Indonesia are made from tofu, starting from pepes tahu, tahu isi, tahu campur, tahu gejrot, tahu bacem, tofu balls and many more foods made from tofu in this country. In Indonesia tofu is called as tahu, if I write tahu it also means tofu in English...
How are you all? on this fresh cold cloudy afternoon, I hope you keep your spirits up, stay healthy and happy of course.
Welcome back to my recipe and cooking article, which will present a very delicious meal to accompany warm rice and made from tofu.
One of the recipes that comes from my creativity, which is easy and fast to cook, the time to make it also doesn't take hours in the kitchen.
What do I want to cook? Okay, let me explain, this time Gotou wants to make Tofu and Meatballs with Indonesian sweet soy sauce sambal.
So, a while ago, I was sitting relaxed in the backyard of my house with my beloved cat while looking at the very beautiful sunset sky, at that moment a question popped into my head, "what do you like to cook for dinner tonight?", "delicious, cheap, and easy to cook?", "but must contain protein and go well with warm rice?, What is it?".
At a glance, Tofu and Meatballs crossed my mind, yes.. both food ingredients are cheap and easy to get, but if only tofu and meatballs taste less delicious, I think I need to make Indonesian sweet soy sauce sambal mixed with ground peanuts, and I'm sure this unique recipe will taste delicious when eaten with warm rice. "Yes, I will cook this unique recipe!"
I only need a few ingredients to cook this recipe, because Tofu, Meatballs, and chilies are very easy to buy or find around where I live, for Indonesian sweet soy sauce is already available at home, and you need to know that Indonesian soy sauce is different from Japanese soy sauce. Indonesian soy sauce is thicker and sweeter.
For me, this recipe I made is really easy to cook, really easy, who knows, there are people who have never made tofu dishes like this before, or someone who has cooked tofu like this and wants to cook it again. So yeah, let's just go straight to Gotou's kitchen, let's go! Follow me.
Ingredients for making Tofu Meatballs with Indonesian Soy Sauce Sambal.
- 8 slices of white tofu (choose tofu that has been marinated)
- 200 grams of ready-to-eat chicken meatballs (you can buy frozen meatballs)
- 6 pieces of bird eye chili (For chili, the amount can be free, adjust to the level of spiciness of each person, because some like it spicy, some don't like it spicy)
- 150 grams of peanuts
- 4 cloves of red onion
- 2 tomatoes
- Indonesian sweet soy sauce
- Cooking Oil for frying (any cooking oil works)
The steps for making Meat Balls and Tofus with Sweet Soy Sauce Sambal are as follows:
- First of all, we fry the tofu until it's cooked, also fry the sliced meatballs, then we fry the peanuts.
- Second, slice the tofu into small squares, then prepare a plate for the tofu container and place the tofu there.
- Third, pound the roasted peanuts.
- Fourth, slice the bird eye chili and red onion, then, slice the two tomatoes according to your taste.
- Fifth, add everything in the tofu plate, starting from sliced red onion, bird's eye chili, and add roasted peanuts that have been pounded.
- Sixth, the last step, add Indonesian sweet soy sauce according to your taste.
Taste test first, then serve on the dining table with warm white rice and fried eggs. (add anything according to your taste).
Simple dishes to eat when we run out of money in the wallet, the menu above is really suitable and cheap, if you like you can also add sprouts that have been soaked in hot water for a while, so that the unpleasant taste will disappear. If you don't like sprouts, then don't add them to this recipe.
How? Interested in trying to cook this Meat Balls and Tofus with Sweet Soy Sauce Sambal recipe? Why not? This menu is very easy to make, it doesn't take long either. The important thing is that there are nutrients in it.
OK, everyone, that's a simple Indonesian recipe from Gotou, I hope you like it, and hopefully it will be useful, especially for beginners who want to prepare food for their beloved family.
Stay happy with your loved ones and see you in the next recipe and cooking article. Bye...
Image source: made by myself.