Indonesian
Terong Balado (Eggplant in Red Chili)
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Terong Balado (Eggplant in Red Chili) is Indonesian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Cut the eggplant into thick batons.
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Heat the oil in a skillet and fry the eggplant until soft and lightly golden, about 5 minutes, then drain.
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Blend the red chilies, shallots, garlic, and tomato into a coarse paste.
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Pour off all but 2 tbsp of the oil and fry the paste over medium heat, stirring often, until it darkens and the oil separates, about 7 minutes.
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Fold in the fried eggplant and lime juice and toss gently to coat.
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Serve hot alongside rice.
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Serve it with
A Indonesian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Terong Balado (Eggplant in Red Chili), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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The protein alongside
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Terong Balado (Eggplant in Red Chili) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 200 kcal
- Protein
- 1 g
- Carbs
- 12 g
- Fat
- 16 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 150 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Terong Balado (Eggplant in Red Chili) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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