Eggs are one of the cheapest sources of protein. They are easy to prepare - fried, soft or hard boiled, scrambled or poached. Eggs also go with almost any food, for example, you can boil them and add them into your braised pork. Or you can add them into your fried rice or fried noodles. The possibilities are endless. And according to Healthline, they are highly nutritious. While they are high in cholesterol, they don't adversely affect blood cholesterol. Eating eggs is a good way of raising the good cholesterol (HDL).
One of the most delicious egg dishes that my family likes is Sambal Eggs. Eggs by themselves taste awesome. Eaten together with the sambal, they can really whet our appetite as the dish is spicy, salty and sweet. Sambal Egg goes very well with white rice.
Ingredients:
- 4 eggs
- 10 pcs red chilies
- 10 pcs dried chilies
- 5 pcs bird's eye chilies (chili padi) (optional)
- 1 small onion
- 3 pcs shallots
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/2 inch shrimp paste/belacan
- 5 tbsp cooking oil
- 1 tbsp sugar
- Salt, to taste
Instructions:
- Wash and boil 4 eggs. When done, soak in cold water, peel and set aside.
- Remove the stems of the red chilies. Wash and dry them. Then, cut them into smaller pieces. Some people may not like the seeds and would like to remove them. However, I do not remove them.
- Remove the stems of the dried chilies. Wash and soak them overnight or soak them for at least 4 hours with hot water. When they have softened, cut them into smaller pieces. You may or may not remove the seeds but I did not.
- The bird's eye chilies are for those who want a very spicy sambal. You may leave them out if you wish. if you are including them, then remove the stems and wash them.
- Remove the skin of the onions and slice them.
- Remove the skin of the shallot and slice them.
- Remove the skin of the garlic and chop them up roughly.
- Toast the shrimp paste.
- Put all the ingredients - all chilies, onions, shallot, garlic and toasted shrimp paste into the grinder/blender.
- How fine you want your sambal to be depends on you.
- Heat up wok with cooking oil.
- Add your blended chili paste into the wok.
- Saute the chili paste till it is fragrant.
- Add sugar and stir till it is melted.
- Add salt to the chili paste (according to taste).
- Fry till the chilies separate from the oil.
- Add the eggs to the sambal to coat them.
- Dish out and serve.