Fried Eggplant in Spicy Coconut Milk Sauce (FOFOKI)
Fried Eggplant in Spicy Coconut Milk Sauce (FOFOKI)

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, fried eggplant in spicy coconut milk sauce (fofoki). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Fried Eggplant in Spicy Coconut Milk Sauce (FOFOKI) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Fried Eggplant in Spicy Coconut Milk Sauce (FOFOKI) is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

FOFOKI is what the Ternate people call eggplant smothered in a spicy coconut milk sauce. Eggplants are cut and then cooked by frying, baking or steaming and then covered with coconut milk sauce. The savory taste of coconut combined with just the right spicy seasoning and crunchy eggplant is great.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have fried eggplant in spicy coconut milk sauce (fofoki) using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Fried Eggplant in Spicy Coconut Milk Sauce (FOFOKI):
  1. Take 5 purple eggplant
  2. Take 3 Tbsp coconut milk
  3. Make ready 2 tomato, diced
  4. Make ready 1 chunk ginger, crushed
  5. Make ready 100 g anchovy / small shrimp, fried briefly
  6. Take 250 ml water
  7. Take GROUND SPICES
  8. Prepare 5 spring onions
  9. Make ready 2 cloves garlic
  10. Take 5 large red chilies
  11. Make ready 8 cayenne peppers (to taste)
  12. Take 2 hazelnuts
  13. Get 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  14. Prepare 1/2 tsp coriander powder
  15. Take 1 tsp shrimp paste
  16. Take to taste Sugar and salt

The savory taste of coconut combined with just the right spicy seasoning and crunchy eggplant is great. Here is how you cook that. It's to taste of Oyster sauce. You need to taste of White pepper.

Steps to make Fried Eggplant in Spicy Coconut Milk Sauce (FOFOKI):
  1. Wash the eggplant, cut from the tip to the base (do not to break apart, leave the top end uncut).
  2. Soak eggplant in salted water about 10 minutes. Steam, friy, or grill the eggplant until wilted (not too done, so it still feels crunchy). Arrange in a serving dish and set aside.
  3. SAUCE: Sauté ground spices until fragrant, add the coconut milk and mix well. Add water and cook until boiling. Add diced tomatoes and remove from heat.
  4. Pour sauce and other seasoning above on top of eggplant, top with the already fried anchovies or shrimp. Ready to be served!

Prepare to taste of … In Indonesia, Eggplant is often sliced thinly and then fried with flour batter. It is also cooked as curry, tauco (spicy dish containing fermented soy bean) and rendang (very spicy coconut milk gravy). Add cooked brinjal and mix well. Cook and stir for a few minutes until the onions are soft. Spicy coconut curry with eggplant, chickpeas, and lots of flavorful spices make this meal a year-round staple.

So that is going to wrap this up for this exceptional food fried eggplant in spicy coconut milk sauce (fofoki) recipe. Thanks so much for reading. I’m sure you will make this at home. There’s gonna be interesting food at home recipes coming up. Remember to bookmark this page in your browser, and share it to your family, colleague and friends. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!