Indonesian Fried Beef-Stuffed Wrap (Martabak Telor)

This is a quite famous Indonesian appetizer. Recipe from my maid back in Indonesia.

Ingredients

Frozen lumpia or spring roll wrapper (you can find this at any asian grocery store)

0,5 lb Ground Beef

3 Eggs

3-4 Scallions, thinly sliced

1 medium Onion, chopped

4 cloves of garlic, chopped

1/2 tsp. Curry powder

1/4 tsp. Corriander powder

1/2 tsp. Black Pepper

1/2 tsp. Corn Starch, dilute in 2 tbsp. of water

Sugar

Salt

Oil

Dipping Sauce:

Cucumber, julienned 

1 tbsp. Soy sauce

2 tbsp. Ketchup (tomato ketchup)

1 tbsp. Chili sauce

1/4 tsp. tamarind paste, mix with 3/4 tsp. water

Sugar

Salt

Water

Directions

1. Saute onion and garlic until fragrant, add in ground beef, curry powder, corriander powder, and black pepper. Stir in salt and sugar to taste. Cook until meat is done and the juice from the meat has dried out a little bit. Remove from heat.

2. Whisk eggs, add in beef mixture and scallion, stir to mix well. 

3. Heat oil in a pan, then take 1 or 2 of the wrapper, put in on a plate, put about 3 tbsp. of the beef stuffing on the wrapper and fold it like envelope. Use the corn starch mixture to glue the wrapper. Fry it immediately with the folds on the bottom. Turn once and when it's golden browned, remove from heat. Serve with the dipping sauce.

How to make dipping sauce:

1. Mix soy sauce, tomato ketchup, chili sauce, tamarind mixture, and water. Stir to mix well. Keep adding water f it's too thick. This dipping sauce is not supposed to be thick at all. Add in sugar and salt. Adjust seasonings to your liking. Then stir in the cucumber. Ready to serve.

Note: It's easier to use 2 wrapper, because if you only use one, the stuffing makes it soggy so easily and it may falls apart before you fry it. I suggest you fry it immediately after you fold the wrap. For best result, pan fry it, do not use a deep frier as pan frying helps to secure the folds of the wrap.