Malay Wedding Menu & Recipes – Sambal Goreng Pengantin

How to make Sambal Goreng Pengantin.

This dish is usualy served at Malay Weddings together with Nasi Minyak, Dalca and Ayam Masak Merah.

Though the steps of making this dish is quite complicated, it is worth the effort.

Sambal Goreng Pengantin has a unique taste and rich in “rempah” which blend the ingredients together to form a delicious meal.

Recipe for Sambal Goreng Pengantin

Ingredients: ( 20-30 Pax )

• 1 kg beef (lembu)*
• 1/2 kg beef lung (paru)*
• 1/2 kg beef liver (hati lembu) *
• 1 kg medium size prawns – deshell(udang basah) – dikupas kulit dan digoreng berasingan.
• 2 cups thick coconut milk (2 cawan santan pekat – drpd 1 1/2 biji kelapa )
• 300 g tamarind (asam jawa)
• 2″ belachan (2 inci persegi belacan)
• 25 pcs dried chillies (25 tangkai cili kering)
• 2 red onions (2 biji bawang besar)
• 8 cloves garlic (8ulas bawang putih)
• 8 lemongrass (8 batang serai)
• 1/2 thumb size galagal (1/2 jari lengkuas)
• 5 red chillies – cut 45 degrees thinly ang fry seperately (5 tangkai lada merah – hiris serong dan goreng berasingan)
• 2 cups fried onions (2 cawan bawang goreng)
• Cooking oil (minyak masak secukupnya utk menggoreng dan menumis)
• Salt and sugar to taste (garam dan gula secukup rasa)

Method:

• Items with * to boil till tender, cut cube, heat wok on highand and deep fry seperately. (Make sure the meat is still tender) (Bahan bertanda * direbus,potong dadu kecil dan digoreng berasingan.)
• Mix tamarind and belachan together with coconut milk and put aside (Asam dan belacan diramas bersama santan dan ketepikan).
• [ Blend this items in red ]
  (Bahan bertanda merah dikisar halus)
• Heat wok on high, add oil, stir-fry ground paste till quite toasted (about 5 mins), add mixed tamarind and belachan together with coconut milk till and oil starts to ooze. (Panaskan 1/2 cawan minyak dan tumis bahan kisar hingga garing dan masukkan campuran santan dan masak terus hingga mendidih dan naik minyak).
• Add * items, salt and sugar to taste, and add some water to make it a bit wet. (Kemudian masukkan secukup garam dan gula dan kacau rata dan masukkan daging,hati paru goreng,udang goreng tadi dan gaul hingga rata.Tambah sedikit air supaya tidak terlalu kering).
• Lastly, add fried cut red chillies and fried onions; stir evenly. Add salt and sugar to taste. The taste should be spicy, sweet and a little bit sour with mild coconut taste. (Akhir sekali masukkan pula cili merah dan bawang goreng dan gaul hingga rata.Tambah garam dan gula lagi jika perlu.Rasanya haruslah lemak manis dan sedikit sahaja masamnya).

Note: May add a few kaffir or tumeric leaves if desired.
(Dlm masakan ini boleh juga di masukkan daun limau purut dan daun kunyit jika suka).