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Indonesian Nasi Tutug Oncom

印尼西爪哇發酵豆餅拌飯 Nasi Tutug Oncom

Indonesian Nasi Tutug Oncom — finished dish

Total time: 40 min
Difficulty: Medium
Servings: 4 servings

Recipe overview

Oncom is fried with chilli and garlic, crushed, then tossed through hot rice and basil for West Java’s fragrant, dry Tutug Oncom.

01

Ingredients

Main ingredients

600 g cooked rice
250 g fresh food-grade oncom
20 g basil leaves

Main seasoning

2 pieces red chilli
3 cloves garlic
2 tbsp cooking oil
1 tsp salt

Indonesian Nasi Tutug Oncom — ingredients

02

Tools

rice pot
dry skillet
mortar
wok
spatula
small bowl

Indonesian Nasi Tutug Oncom — tools

03

Steps

Indonesian Nasi Tutug Oncom — Fluff cooked rice and keep it warm without clumps

Step 1

Fluff cooked rice and keep it warm without clumps

Fluff cooked rice and keep it warm without clumps.

Indonesian Nasi Tutug Oncom — Check the oncom is refrigerated, in date, food-grade and free of off odours

Step 2

Check the oncom is refrigerated, in date, food-grade and free of off odours

Check the oncom is refrigerated, in date, food-grade and free of off odours.

Indonesian Nasi Tutug Oncom — Dry-toast oncom until its surface is dry and fragrant

Step 3

Dry-toast oncom until its surface is dry and fragrant

Dry-toast oncom until its surface is dry and fragrant.

Indonesian Nasi Tutug Oncom — Pound chilli, garlic and salt into a coarse sambal

Step 4

Pound chilli, garlic and salt into a coarse sambal

Pound chilli, garlic and salt into a coarse sambal.

Indonesian Nasi Tutug Oncom — Heat two tablespoons oil and fry the chilli-garlic sambal until cooked

Step 5

Heat two tablespoons oil and fry the chilli-garlic sambal until cooked

Heat two tablespoons oil and fry the chilli-garlic sambal until cooked.

Indonesian Nasi Tutug Oncom — Add toasted oncom, frying and crushing it with the spatula

Step 6

Add toasted oncom, frying and crushing it with the spatula

Add toasted oncom, frying and crushing it with the spatula.

Indonesian Nasi Tutug Oncom — Fry until oncom is loose, dry and heated throughout to at least 75°C

Step 7

Fry until oncom is loose, dry and heated throughout to at least 75°C

Fry until oncom is loose, dry and heated throughout to at least 75°C.

Indonesian Nasi Tutug Oncom — Add warm rice and fold with the spatula without crushing grains

Step 8

Add warm rice and fold with the spatula without crushing grains

Add warm rice and fold with the spatula without crushing grains.

Indonesian Nasi Tutug Oncom — Distribute oncom evenly through every portion of rice

Step 9

Distribute oncom evenly through every portion of rice

Distribute oncom evenly through every portion of rice.

Indonesian Nasi Tutug Oncom — Taste for salt and keep the mixture dry; add no water

Step 10

Taste for salt and keep the mixture dry; add no water

Taste for salt and keep the mixture dry; add no water.

Indonesian Nasi Tutug Oncom — Turn off heat and fold in basil so residual heat just wilts it

Step 11

Turn off heat and fold in basil so residual heat just wilts it

Turn off heat and fold in basil so residual heat just wilts it.

Indonesian Nasi Tutug Oncom — Pack lightly into a bowl, invert onto a plate and serve hot

Step 12

Pack lightly into a bowl, invert onto a plate and serve hot

Pack lightly into a bowl, invert onto a plate and serve hot.

Common mistakes

Do not use unverified, expired, unrefrigerated or off-smelling oncom; incomplete reheating is unsafe.

Tips

Fold basil in off heat so it stays aromatic rather than black and watery.