Indonesian Marbled Hard Boiled Eggs Or Telur Pindang

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 3 teaspoons salt
• 4 bay leaves
• 4 guava, leaves (if available)
• 2 tablespoons ginger, grated or 2 tablespoons lemongrass, chopped
• 2 red onions, only red peel of (optional for more reddish color)
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin, ground
• 1/2 teaspoon coriander, ground
• 1 teaspoon turmeric, ground (optional)
• 3 black tea bags

Recipe

• 1 wash your eggs!
• 2 combine all ingredients (without black tea bags) in a saucepan.
• 3 bring slowly to a boil with enogh water to cover them.
• 4 after 10 minutes lift the eggs out and place in cold water.
• 5 when eggs are cool enough to handle, gently crack the shells with the back of a spoon until the entire shell is a network of cracks, do not peel!
• 6 return eggs in the pot; add teabags.
• 7 continue to boil until almost all the water has evaporated and eggs are dark brown. this step takes about 2-3 hours. stir occasionally during cooking time!
• 8 peel eggs and, if possible, serve with indonesian dishes.