Martabak
While scrolling through FoodGawker, I stumbled across a picture that looked delicious. Martabak is an Indonesian street food popular in Java. It seems to have originated from the Arabian “mutabbaq” (Arabic for folded), a stuffed pancake. Seasoned beef and onions are wrapped in egg roll wrappers or thin pancakes and fried until golden. They are often served with Kecap Manis. I could not find this, but i used a soy sauce, hoisin dip and Ryan used the infamous sweet chili sauce.
First, if you happen to have a Fry Daddy, this will make life Sooooo much easier. It is the best; always the right temperature, doesn't splatter everywhere and super easy.
The recipe is below, personally, I would add a little more salt. We did not get 20 either, I am not sure where that came from, we got about 11 out of it. Hope you Enjoy! Happy Frying!!
Ingredients
1 tablespoon vegetable oil + 1 cup for deep frying
1 pound ground beef
4 garlic clove, minced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon cloves
4 green onions, thinly sliced
2 shallots, chopped
4 large eggs, lightly beaten and divided
20 egg roll wrappers
In a wok or skillet, drizzle 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat. Add the beef and stir in the garlic, salt, pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Cook, stirring often and breaking up the beef, until browned. Remove from heat and let cool.
Once thoroughly cooled, mix in green onions and shallots. Reserve 1 tablespoon of the beaten egg and stir the remaining into the beef mixture.
Place one egg roll wrapper on work surface and cover the others to keep them from drying out. Place about 1/4 cup of beef mixture in center of wrapper. Fold two of the edges over the center. Brush the other two edges with reserved egg and fold over towards center to seal and create a square shape.
Clean wok or deep skillet and add 1 cup oil over medium heat. Once thoroughly heated, fry the folded martabak until browned and crisp on each side, about 3 minutes total. Place on towel lined plate.
Serve warm with Kecap Manis or other sweet Indonesian sauce.
