An excellent and versatile take on rice topped with crisp fried eggs

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ne of my daily pleasures is to take some eggs and transform them into dinner. My knee-jerk reaction is an omelette, egg fried rice, the occasional okonomiyaki but not usually fried eggs, which are still working on their acceptance into my dinner canon. Recently, they made a bid for my affection via these Malaysian eggs, or telur masak kicap, in which they are doused in an onion, sweet soy, garlic and chilli sauce that works splendidly over rice. Welcome to the party, fried eggs.

Kecap manis is a dark and rich, thick and sweet Indonesian soy sauce that can easily be found online and in most south-east Asian supermarkets.

Prep 10 min