Labu Siam Tumis - Chayote in a spicy coconut milk sauce

Chayote in a spicy coconut milk sauce

ingredients:

1 labu siam / chayote

300 gr tahu/tofu

4 red large chilies

2 salam leaves

2 teaspoon salt

2 tsp palmsugar

500 ml coconutmilk

4 tbsp oil

 

bumbu:

5 shallots

5 garlic cloves

7 red rawits

2 red chilies

4 kemiri/candle nuts

3 cm galangal

 

preparation:

Cut the chayote into thin strips, the tofu into small cubes, the lomboks into rings and pound or grind the ingredients for the bumbu fine into a paste.

Heat in a pan the oil and fry the bumbu for 4 minutes with the salam. Add the chilies and fry for 2 minutes. Then add the chayote, salt and the palm sugar and mix well. Add the coconut milk and let it simmer slowly until the chayote is nearly done. Add the tofu and let its simmer for 3 minutes before serving.