Boiled Egg in Tomatoes n Chili Paste (Sambal Telur)

This dish is used as condiment in many dish in Medan such as Nasi Lemak, Lontong Medan, Nasi bungkus or just serve as it is with hot steam rice.

Basic Sambal Paste :

  15           Red Chili (reduce the number  or remove the seeds for milder taste)

    1           Fresh tomatoes

    1  clv    Garlic

    5  clv    Shallot

    1  cm    Ginger (optional)

    2  tbs    Cooking oil

Pinch of Sugar

Salt to taste

Prepare the eggs : 

• Just boil the eggs for 7 minutes if you like the yolk slightly soft or a good 10 minutes to get it really done. Take the eggs off and immediately immerse in cold water to stop it cooking even further. 
• Peel the shell 
• On a pan put the eggs and the sambal and stir gently on low heat.
• Ready to serve eather half it or whole egg.

Two different type of Chicken eggs the common one is the brown colour and larger then ayam kampung (native chicken) which have whiter shell and the yolk is deep orange ( definitely taste better than common one)