How to Make Tempe Bacem Seasoning

I have two ways to make Tempe Bacem Seasoning :

1.) Tempe Bacem Seasoning Recipe without Coconut Water

Ingredient :

400 grams of Tempe, Cut slightly thicker
300 ml water
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon tamarind water
(from salt with water), sugar, and sweet soy sauce according to your taste
2 bay leaves
2 cm galangal, Pound
Edible oil for frying

Blend :

4 red onions
3 cloves garlic
½ teaspoon of coriander
2 candlenuts

How to Make :

1. Mix soft cooking spices with water, brown sugar, sugar, salt, and sweet soy sauce in the pan or a skillet.

2. Pour tempe, arrange and stir until blended with cooking spices.

3. Add bay leaves and galangal.

4. Cook with low heat until cooking spices penetrate and the water decreasing. Remove and let it cool.

5. Heat the edible oil and fry tempe until dark brown. Take away from the stove, Drain, and Serve.



2.) Tempe Bacem seasoning recipe with coconut water & lemongrass 

Ingredient :

400 grams of tempe, cut slightly thicker
800 ml coconut water
100 gram brown sugar, scrape
2 tablespoon sweet soy sauce
1 sheet bay leaf
1 cm galangale, pounded
1/2 teaspoon salt
edible oil for frying

Blend :

6 red onions
4 cloves garlic
1/2 tablespoon coriander
3 lemongrass, just take white part of the lemongrass

How to Cook :

1. Boil brown sugar, coconut water, bay leaf, galangale, salt, soft cooking spices. let the seasoning/ cooking spices pervade and cooked.

2. heat the edible oil, fry on the medium fire until seen brown

3. take away from the stove, drain, and serve