Surabaya Mixed Tofu Recipe (Tahu Campur Surabaya)

Ingredients :
1 pack tofu
250 gr Bean shoot
1 bunch Lettuce
4 pcs Dried egg noodle
Some fried Garlic crackers

Soup :
500 gr Skirt/Gravy beef
1 stalks Lemon grass
1 tbsp Coriander
6 Shallots
3 cloves Garlic
2 tsp Galangal powder
1 tbsp Palm sugar
1 cm Ginger
2 Bay leaves
2 Kaffir lime leaves
Water
Salt

Directions:
1. Blend all the soup spices then saute it until it fragrant then put in into a deep pan with beef (already sliced thinly) and water, boil all until the beef cooked and tender.
2. Fried the beancurd, set aside. Soak the bean shoot with hot water for 2 seconds then rinse it.
3. Wash and shred the lettuce, set aside.

Serving:
1. Put a tsp of petis sauce, dilluted with little bit soup, then some lettuce on to a deep plate/ bowl, then some sliced fried tofu, some sliced "Lento", a pinch of bean shoot.
2. Pour the soup and garnish with garlic crackers.
3. Eat with "Petis Chili Sauce" and lime juice.

Omelette With Tofu Recipe

Ingredients:

8 pieces tofu, medium size
1 tsp. vegetable oil
4 eggs
1/2 tsp. salt
100g peanuts or you can easily use peanut butter
3 cloves garlic, crushed
5 bird's eye chillies
2 tbsp. fermented shrimp paste (petis)
2 tbsp sweet soy sauce
100ml water
2 stalks parsley, finely chopped

Direction:
Slice the tofu into small cubes.Deep fry tofu until half done; remove and set aside.
Beat the eggs with salt and add the tofu. Divide the mixture in two.
With 1 tbsp, fry the mixture to get a beautiful round omelette. Make two omelettes and set aside.

SAUCE:
Stir fry the garlic, both types of chillies, remove and set aside.Grind the peanuts (or use peanut butter) with garlic and chillies.
Add the shrimp paste, sweet soy sauce and water. Blend until smooth.


Then, Put the omelettes on a round platter and pour the peanuts sauce over. Scatter finely chopped parsley on top.