Indonesian Tahu Telor (Tofu Omelette)

Indonesian Tahu Telor

Tofu on omelette

Street vendor in Lombok, Indonesia

Growing up in Jakarta, Indonesia I am used to eating from street vendors. They are everywhere. They will go around the streets in daytime and at night. Practically you can be sitting outside your porch and a meatball soup guy or a satay guy will pass by. Each street vendor will have a specific sound to notify customers from inside the house what they are. For example for satay, the guy will shout "sateee...tee..." or for a dessert savory called "kue putu", there will be a whistle that toots along the way. All you need to do is call them back if you want to order. They will cook it fresh in front of you. I have included a photo of my recent trip to Gili Trawangan in Lombok. See the background of the blue water!

Gili Trawangan is one of the small island off Lombok. This street vendor in the picture parked his cart next to the beach. He has meatball soup and gado-gado (boiled vegetables with peanut sauce) and some other snacks. Once the customer order, the guy will start preparing it right in front of you. For the peanut sauce, he will crushed the peanuts with "ulekan". It is like a mortar and pestle that is made out of stone.

Tahu telor is a simple every day Indonesian dish. Tahu (tofu) are staple to many Indonesians. Indonesian cooking uses a lot of peanut sauce. For tahu telor recipe I substitute the peanuts with cashews since cashews are healthier. For bird eye chilies and sweet soy sauce, you can find it in Asian supermarket. If you don't like it spicy then you can omit the bird eye chilies. Please beware, those small chilies can be super spicy.

Ingredients
For omellete:
4 large eggs
3/4 of tofu block, cut into cubes
1 shallot
1 tb spoon of olive oil
salt and pepper to taste

For sauce:
3 bird eye chilies
1 pack of Nuts+Nuts sweet & salty
1 big clove of garlic
salt and pepper to taste
3 tb spoon of sweet soy sauce
1 cup of boiled beansprouts

Preparation

-Lightly stir fry cubed tofu with olive oil.

-After tofu are lightly browned, put them aside.

-Beat 4 eggs in a bowl, add salt and pepper.

-Pour egg on a small frying pan like when you are making omelette.

-Put tofu and shallots like toppings (see picture)

-Once one side is done then flip it to the other side.

-Put on a plate

-For sauce, mix together in a food processor (or mortar and pestle), cashews, chilies, garlic, salt and pepper.

-Ground up all ingredients and add hot water until desired consistency.

-Put sauce on tofu omelette

-Garnish with boiled beansprouts and drizzle with sweet soy sauce

-Selamat makan (Bon Appetit)