Nasi Pecel
- Indonesian Tempeh and Tofu with a Spicy Peanut Sauce and Rice - Nasi Pecel is one of my Indonesian favourite dishes, and it turns out, it's one of my sister's favourites, too. She came home for Christmas last year, and a few times she asked whether we could have tempeh with spicy peanut sauce, because she remembered it from the last time I had made it here, which was a few years ago now. Although I love this dish, I had had trouble finding tempeh lately, and (even now) I cannot easily find the pre-fried spongey tofu that should ideally be used in this dish. Nonetheless, we were able to finally make this dish, Nasi Pecel in Indonesian, a week or two after Christmas once I was able to find tempeh, and a pre-fried tofu which wasn't the authentic one, but made do. The two lengthier processes in preparing this dish are making the homemade spicy peanut sauce, and deep frying the tempeh, tofu and kerupuk. I also made some homemade sambal tomat to go with it, using the remainin...
