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Monday, April 4, 2011

Pepes Tahu


Ingredients:
1 pound of white firm tofu
2 eggs
3 cloves of garlic
3 cloves of shallots
5 candle nuts (kemiri)
Pinch of galangal (lengkuas)
Pinch of salt & pepper
1 teaspoon of chillies paste (sambal oelek - optional)
1/2 to 1 cup of sliced red chilly pepper*

Wrappers: 
Banana leaves**
Toothpicks

How to make:
1. In a food processor; put eggs, garlic, shallots, candle nuts, galangal, salt & pepper and chillies paste. Puree them.
2. In a medium size bowl; mash the tofu.
3. Pour the mixture from the food processor into the mashed tofu. Mix them to blend.
4. Heat a steaming pot in a medium heat.
5. Scoop a couple spoons of the mixture and lay them on the banana leaves. Roll the banana leaves and close the edges with toothpicks.
6. Then put them in the steaming pot until they are cooked. Ready to serve (do not eat the banana leaves).

* I used small sweet red peppers in this recipe for a mild taste. You can use hotter red chillies if you like. 
** If you could not find any banana leaves, you could substitute them with corn husks (like making Tamales). You could also cook this recipe with simply using small ceramic bowls for steaming the pepes.

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