Ai Manas
Ai Manas, a Timorese recipe, is quite popular among tourists in East Timor. The Ai Manas, which are made with spicy chilly, have a variety of flavors depending on where they are made. Timorese cooks frequently employ red and green chilies in this delicacy. You'll also need lemon rind, garlic, ginger, red onion, and other ingredients in addition to chilies. In East Timor, the Ai Manas is served as a side dish. With a dish full of rice, serve the Ai Manas. Because there are so many chilies in the recipe, it will rapidly heat up your food.
Ingredients
- 8 hard-boiled eggs, oil for deep frying, 1/4 lb fresh thai chilies or whatever chili you like I used fresno, 2 shallots minced, 4 garlic cloves minced, Thai basil one big sprig, ginger fresh about 2 inches, grated, 3 tablespoons lemon juice, Lemon zest, salt to taste
Instructions
- Peel the hard-boiled eggs
- Heat the oil to medium high, deep fry the eggs until they turn brown
- Drain on paper towel
- For the chili paste,
- Put all ingredients into a food processor or blender and mix well, season with salt to taste
- Serve the chili paste with the eggs.
