Malaysian
Terung Masak Sambal (Eggplant in Sambal)
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Terung Masak Sambal (Eggplant in Sambal) is Malaysian 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 half the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and fry the eggplant in batches until soft and lightly browned, about 5 minutes per batch; set aside.
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Soak the dried chilies in hot water 10 minutes, then drain and blend with the shallots and shrimp paste into a paste.
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Heat the remaining oil in the skillet and fry the paste over medium heat until darkened and fragrant, about 6 minutes.
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Stir in the tamarind paste and salt and cook 1 minute more.
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Fold the fried eggplant back into the sambal and toss gently to coat, warming through 2 minutes.
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Serve hot alongside rice.
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Serve it with
A Malaysian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Terung Masak Sambal (Eggplant in Sambal), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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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, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Terung Masak Sambal (Eggplant in Sambal) carries shellfish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | Yes | Choy Sum Goreng Bawang Putih (Stir-Fried Choy Sum with Garlic) |
| 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
- 180 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 10 g
- Fat
- 14 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 290 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Terung Masak Sambal (Eggplant in Sambal) 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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