Tempe Geprek Pedas (Spicy Smashed Tempeh)

Ingredients

4 cups tempeh (sliced into pieces of 1 cm thick)1 /2 tsp salt1/4 tsp ground white pepper1/4 tsp garlic powder1/4 tsp onion powder4 tbsp AP flouroil (for frying)

Sambal

8 fresh red chillies6 red bird’s eye chillies5 cloves garlic1 tsp lime juice1 tsp salt (to taste)

Steps

Marinate sliced tempeh with salt, pepper, garlic & onion powder for 1 hr.Coat evenly with flour, dust off excess & fry till golden brown & crispy.Transfer to a wire rack or paper towels to absorb excess oil & set aside.Fry ingredients for the sambal (except lime juice & salt) with leftover oil after frying tempeh, for 3 mins.Transfer (without oil) into a mortar & pestle (or blender) & pound till it reaches a course texture.Add lime juice & salt, taste to adjust seasoning & set aside.Place enough sambal on the crispy tempeh slices, use the pestle to pound the sambal & tempeh together.Transfer tempeh slathered with sambal onto serving plates.Serve tempeh with more sambal on the side, rice & other side dishes of choice.