Fried Chilli Sambal

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 6 large fresh red chilies, roughly chopped
• 1 large onion, roughly chopped
• 6 garlic cloves
• 8 -10 brazil nuts or 8 -10 macadamia nuts, finely grated
• 3 tablespoons peanut oil
• 1/2 teaspoon laos powder (galangal)
• 1 tablespoon dried shrimp paste (trasi)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 5 tablespoons tamarind juice
• 2 tablespoons palm sugar (brown sugar)

Recipe

• 1 put chillies, onion and garlic in blender and blend to a pulp.
• 2 heat the oil in a small frying pan or saucepan and fry the blended mixture over low heat, stirring, for 5 mins or until well cooked but not brown.
• 3 add nuts, laos, trasi and salt.
• 4 crush the trasi against the side of the pan and fry, stirring, until mixture is well blended.
• 5 add tamarind liquid and sugar, stir and simmer until well fried and reddish-brown and the oil separates from the mixture.
• 6 cool and bottle.