Author:

Putri Zorqy

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Eggplant Pecak with Coconut Milk

Serves 4–5 people

Ingredients:

  • 4 purple eggplants
  • 50 g aromatic ginger (kencur)
  • 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger
  • Kaffir lime / lime
  • 5 red curly chilies
  • 5 red bird’s eye chilies
  • 3 large red chilies
  • 8 shallots
  • 1 piece shrimp paste (vegan version)
  • 100 ml cooked fresh coconut milk / 80 ml packaged coconut milk
  • Salt
  • Sugar

(Seasoning may be adjusted to taste)

How to Cook:

  • Cut the purple eggplants in half, then grill / roast until fully cooked. Set aside.
  • Dry-roast all the spices and seasonings until fragrant and slightly smoky, then grind them in a mortar until smooth.
  • Add salt, sugar, and shrimp paste seasoning according to taste.
  • Add the cooked coconut milk, mix well, then squeeze lime juice over it.
  • Place the eggplants into the mortar, combine them with the pecak seasoning while gently pressing them, then serve directly in the mortar.
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