Tahu telur (Indonesian tofu omelette with peanut sauce)
20 min · 53 g protein · 527 cals / serving
East Java's street-stall favourite: golden cubes of tofu set in a fluffy egg omelette, piled with crunchy bean sprouts and cucumber and drenched in a sweet, spicy peanut sauce. Vegetarian, and on the table in twenty minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 tsp canola oil
- 1 block (16 oz) prepared extra firm tofu, patted dry, in 2 cm (3/4-inch) cubes
- 3 large eggs
- 3/4 cup + 2 tbsp liquid egg white
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 2 green onions, sliced
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/4 tsp white pepper
Peanut sauce
- 3 1/2 tbsp powdered peanut butter
- 1/2 tbsp peanut butter
- 1 tbsp reduced sodium soy sauce
- 2 tsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 2 tsp sambal oelek, or to taste
- 1 clove garlic, grated
- 1/3 cup water, hot
To serve
- 2 cups bean sprouts
- 1/2 cucumber, cut into matchsticks
- 2 tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped
Steps
- Heat the oil in a 10 inch non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat. Fry the tofu cubes 4–5 minutes, turning, until golden on most sides.
- Beat the eggs and egg whites with the cornstarch, green onion, salt and white pepper. Spread the tofu evenly in the pan and pour the eggs over. Cook over medium heat 3 minutes, until the bottom is golden, then slide onto a plate, invert back into the pan and cook 2 minutes more.
- While it cooks, whisk all the peanut sauce ingredients together with the hot water until smooth and pourable.
- Cut the omelette into wedges, pile the bean sprouts and cucumber on top and spoon over the peanut sauce. Finish with cilantro.
Good to know
I have kecap manis. Should I use it?
Yes: use 1 1/2 tbsp of the sweet Indonesian soy sauce in place of the soy sauce and sugar. It gives the sauce its traditional dark, caramel flavour.
Only whole eggs?
Use 7 whole eggs and leave out the whites for a richer, more golden omelette, at about 60 instead of 67.
Raw bean sprouts?
In Indonesia they are often blanched for 30 seconds. Pour boiling water over them in a sieve if you prefer them softer, or if you are serving someone pregnant.
Per
- Calories
- 87
- Protein
- (39%)
- 9 g
- Fat
- (43%)
- 4 g
- Carbohydrates
- (17%)
- 4 g
- of which sugar
- 2 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 168 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. How
As written, 1054 kcal goes into the pot and 1300 g of ingredients comes out as about 1215 g of food: 87 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.