telor balado

I like hard-boiled eggs and i like spicy sauce; this dish combines the two favorites of mine.

Ingredients
3-4 hard-boiled eggs
oil for frying

for the sauce:
¼ cup sambal oelek (or chili paste)
¼ cup tamarind concentrate
¼ cup tomato purée (or, tomato paste diluted in water)
2 medium tomatoes chopped
1 shallot finely diced
1 Tbsp Thai Chili-Basil paste
2 Tbsp Kecap Manis
1 Tbsp brown sugar

1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce (optional)
2 Tbsp White wine vinegar (optional)
water as needed

Preparation

1. Heat oil for frying and deep fry the hard-boiled eggs for 3 minutes or so till golden brown; drain set aside
2. In a saucepan, combine all the sauce ingredients except water and let it simmer for a few minutes; add water as needed to keep the sauce consistency rather like a thick pasta sauce but not pasty
3. cut the fried hard-boiled eggs in half and gently set it in the saucepan and let it simmer with the sauce; stirring breaks up the eggs
4. serve warm with steamed rice, or even hot rotis