Hot Spicy Eggplant (Terong Balado)
Terong Balado (Hot Spicy Eggplant), If there’s someone asks what food that makes who eats it add rice more and more, probably the answer is Terong Balado. The impressing aroma of the spice can make who smells it swallows spittle. In addition, when it is served plus hot rice in cold air. Slurrrrrp.
The primary ingredient, purple eggplant or Japanese eggplant has special juicy flavor. The soft texture is suitable with hot chili flavor. For complement, you can add boiled egg or fried egg. Beside it is suitable to accompany terong balado, you can combine 2 dishes in one. So, this dish is compatible when you are lazy or don’t have enough time to cook. Don’t doubt to try this recipe.
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Hot Spicy Eggplant Recipe:
Ingredients:
- 10 eggplants
- 5 boiled egg or fried egg
- 10 large red peppers
- 1 tomato
- 5 onions or 1 medium sized large yellow onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 slices galangale
- 1 stalk serai (citronella or lemongrass)
- 2 tbsp salt
- ½ tsp sugar
Directions:
- Cut eggplant into medium size. Fry until it is brownish.
- Cut onion, garlic, tomato, and red pepper. Fry until it is withered. Blend it but don’t be too soft.
- Fry soft spice, salt, and sugar in some oil. Add serai and galangale until it is fragrant and oily.
- Put egg in and mix. Let it for a while at medium fire in order that the spice is soaked into egg. Add fried eggplant and mix.




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How many will this serve. 10 egg plants is a lot1
HI Sonja, actually 1 is enough if you serve it only for yourself.
in Indonesia tradition, we serve for all our family and serve it on rice table with other menu
Sometimes we heat it again, and save it for tomorrow.
Maybe I should change the quantity to fit with universal culture.
Hi there,
I wanted to try this recipe, but couldn’t figure out what you meant on #3 “Fry soft spice”. There are no soft-spices listed on ingredients, it’d be much appreciated if you could clarify what other spices are used. Thanks.
I love to cook Indonesian food, because I was born on the island of Java.
OK, Sonja, for a dish for 3 people, you may take 3–4 small japanese eggplants (who actually don’t have those big seeds) and before adding to the spices, just cut them in half and bake them in a shallow bowl in your oven. After cooling off, slice them not too thin. You safe yourself a lot of work and, more than that, you safe the FAT!
I love to cook Indonesian food, because I was born on the island of Java.
OK, Sonja, for a dish for 3 people, you may take 3–4 small “japanese” eggplants (who actually don’t have those big seeds) and before adding to the spices, just cut them in half and bake them in a shallow bowl in your oven. After cooling off, slice them not too thin. You safe yourself a lot of work and, more than that, you safe the FAT!
I think I might mistranslated it just “fry the spices gently”..