Sambal Goreng Kentang

A very spicy side-dish or snack made from potatoes, mixed with onion, garlic and peppers.

Ingredients:

3 large potatoes
1 large onion
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon sambal ulek
1 dessertspoon gula djawa
1 dessertspoon tamarind paste
1 tablespoon kecap manis
1 dessertspoon chopped parsly
oil

Preparation:

Slice the potatoes very thinly into crisps or match-sticks.

They can then be deep fried to a golden brown.

Peel and halve the potatoes. Slice into thin slices or match-sticks. Wash and dry in a tea-towel. Deep fry until golden brown. Set aside.
Finely chop the onion’s and garlic. Soften in a frying pan or wok, add the sambal ulek, gula djawa, tamarind and kecap manis and fry for a further 3 minutes.
Mix in the potatoes and spoon into a serving dish, garnish with the chopped parsly and serve.

Notes:

For even quicker results the potatoes can be replaced with ready bought potatoe crisp or match-sticks.
The sambal ulek can be replaced with finely sliced chillies, which will have to be fried with the onions & garlic.
The gula djawa (palm sugar) can be replaced with a dark brown, soft sugar.
The tamarind paste can either be extracted from a block of pulp, as discribed in my ingredients page, or you can use it from a jar of ready made paste.