Recipe: Sambal goreng telor - Eggs in red pepper sauce

Sambal goreng telor is a delicious and a bit spicy Indonesian egg dish. If you are preparing a rice table (rijsttafel), sambal goreng telor has to be a part of it.

Ingredients

• 8 eggs
• 2 dl tomato sauce
• 2 tsp trassie (shrimp paste)
• 2 red peppers
• 2 onions
• 2 cloves garlic
• 200 gram coconut milk
• 2 tbsp lemon juice

Directions

1. Boil the eggs 10 minutes.
2. Halve them and put them on a plate.
3. Chop the onions, the pepper and the garlic and fry for 5 minutes.
4. Add the coconut milk and the trassie and cook 5 more minutes.
5. Add the tomato sauce and the lemon juice, leave some more minutes on the heat and then pour the sauce over the eggs.

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