Easiest Way to Cook Yummy Bothok Tempe (Spiced Tempe)

Bothok Tempe (Spiced Tempe).

You can cook Bothok Tempe (Spiced Tempe) using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

You need 225 grams (1 pack) of tempe, cut in small cubes.
Prepare 50 grams of huajes (found in Mexican store) ➡ optional (Indonesian : petai cina).
You need 100 grams of frozen grated coconut (found in Asian store in freezer section).
You need 1 teaspoon of salt.
You need 1 teaspoon of sugar.
It's 100 grams of small dried anchovy.
You need 3 of bay leaves.
Prepare 2 of fresno chilies, seeded and thinly sliced.
Prepare 75 ml of coconut milk.
You need of Banana leaves (optional).
You need of Grind the following into spice paste :.
Prepare 3 of shallots (use 6 if the shallot is small).
You need 3 of garlic cloves.
You need 2 of fresno chilies.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of ground coriander.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of ground kaempferia galanga (Indonesian : kencur).

Heat two tablespoons oil in a pan. Saute the spice paste until fragrant..
Turn the heat off, place the spice in a bowl. Add the remaining ingredients into the bowl. Mix them up..
Put the tempe mixture in a heat resistant baking dish lined with banana leaves (or wax paper). Cover it with banana leaves (to avoid water drips from the steamer lid)..
Put the baking dish in a steamer (make sure the water in the steamer is boiling). Steam for 25 minutes..
Serve with rice..