Tripe Fried Rice (Nasi Goreng Babat)

Ingredients:
500 gram tripe, washed and cleaned thoroughly
salt to taste
1 cm fresh ginger, peeled and crushed
5 Tbs. vegetable oil
2 Tbs. sweet soy sauce
1 Tbs. light soy sauce
cold cooked rice made from 750 gram of rice
3 Tbs. fried shallots
3 tomatoes, sliced
1 cucumber, sliced

Spice-Paste Ingredients:

5 red chilies
8 shallots
6 cloves garlic
¼ tsp. fermented shrimp (terasi)
salt to taste
Instructions:
Boil tripe with water, add salt and ginger, until tender and the water has evaporated.  If not yet tender add more water.
Once the tripe is tender, remove and cut into small pieces.
Heat the oil, fry the spice paste (all ingredients are finely grounded) until fragrant.
Put in the tripe and stir well.  Fry until the tripe is a bit crispy.  
Add the rice and then add the sweet soy sauce and light soy sauce.keep stirring the mixture untill all the rice grains are well-coated and everything is well blended.  Remove and ready to serve.
Garnish with fried shallots, slice tomatoes and cucumbers.

Makes 8 - 10 servings