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Spicy preserved bean cakes recipe

Ingredients /nutrition

  • vegetable oil
  • 3 thinly sliced preserved bean cakes
  • 3 diced soy bean curd
  • 100 g sliced French beans
  • 7 dried chilies, soaked in hot water for 20 minutes and drained
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 100 g shallots
  • 3 slices galangal
  • 2 slices ginger
  • 3 sliced red chilies
  • 2 stalks lemon grass
  • 150 ml thick coconut milk
  • 1 tbsp tamarind juice
  • salt and sugar to taste

Methods / instructions

  1. Heat up oil and deep fry bean cakes and bean curds. Set aside.
  2. Saute French beans until medium cooked and set aside.
  3. Grind dried chilies, garlic, shallots, galangal and ginger using a blender or food processor until form a smooth paste.
  4. Saute paste until aromatic and add in lemon grass, bean cakes, soy bean curds and French beans.
  5. Add remaining ingredients and stir briefly.
  6. Serve immediately.

Servings: 4

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