Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, fried eggplant in spicy coconut milk sauce (fofoki). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
FOFOKI is what the Ternate people call eggplant smothered in a spicy coconut milk sauce. Eggplants are cut and then cooked by frying, baking or steaming and then covered with coconut milk sauce. The savory taste of coconut combined with just the right spicy seasoning and crunchy eggplant is great.
Fried Eggplant in Spicy Coconut Milk Sauce (FOFOKI) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Fried Eggplant in Spicy Coconut Milk Sauce (FOFOKI) is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have fried eggplant in spicy coconut milk sauce (fofoki) using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Fried Eggplant in Spicy Coconut Milk Sauce (FOFOKI):
- Make ready 5 purple eggplant
- Prepare 3 Tbsp coconut milk
- Get 2 tomato, diced
- Take 1 chunk ginger, crushed
- Get 100 g anchovy / small shrimp, fried briefly
- Make ready 250 ml water
- Make ready GROUND SPICES
- Get 5 spring onions
- Take 2 cloves garlic
- Prepare 5 large red chilies
- Prepare 8 cayenne peppers (to taste)
- Get 2 hazelnuts
- Make ready 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp coriander powder
- Take 1 tsp shrimp paste
- Make ready to taste Sugar and salt
The savory taste of coconut combined with just the right spicy seasoning and crunchy eggplant is great. In Indonesia, Eggplant is often sliced thinly and then fried with flour batter. It is also cooked as curry, tauco (spicy dish containing fermented soy bean) and rendang (very spicy coconut milk gravy). Most popularly, it is deep fried (whole) in oil, and then served with sambal balado, which is a very spicy chili sauce from West Sumatra. 😀 My husband really enjoyed this "Brinjal (Eggplant) in Coconut Milk," which makes it a winner in my book.
Instructions to make Fried Eggplant in Spicy Coconut Milk Sauce (FOFOKI):
- Wash the eggplant, cut from the tip to the base (do not to break apart, leave the top end uncut).
- Soak eggplant in salted water about 10 minutes. Steam, friy, or grill the eggplant until wilted (not too done, so it still feels crunchy). Arrange in a serving dish and set aside.
- SAUCE: Sauté ground spices until fragrant, add the coconut milk and mix well. Add water and cook until boiling. Add diced tomatoes and remove from heat.
- Pour sauce and other seasoning above on top of eggplant, top with the already fried anchovies or shrimp. Ready to be served!
The next time I make it I will use smaller Indian eggplants for a firmer texture. Thank you Aysha Shifna for sharing your recipe. Cook and stir for a few minutes until the onions are soft. Eggplant pieces are first briefly pan-fried and then simmered with fatty pork belly strips to finish in a thick, slightly spicy coconut sauce. The resulting dish is rich, creamy, and absolutely heaven over heaps of steamed rice.
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