Num Prik Aong - Spicy Meat/tomato Thick Sauce

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 100 g minced meat (chicken, lamb etc)
• 2 tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon tamarind paste, dissolved in 2 tbsp water
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 sprig coriander
• 4 cherry tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 onion
• 7 garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon palm sugar
• 1 teaspoon sour curry paste
• 1 teaspoon shrimp paste
• 1 teaspoon red chili paste
• 5 small african bird pepper

Recipe

• 1 pound or grind the ingredients for the paste into a smooth paste.
• 2 pound or grind the tomatoes into a paste.
• 3 heat in a wok the oil and fry the meat until done.
• 4 add the paste and fry for 1 minute.
• 5 then add the tomato pulp and cook it into a sauce.
• 6 mix in the fish sauce, the palm sugar, the salt, the tamarind and the water and cook it slowly for 1 minute.
• 7 then add the cherry tomatoes and serve it with the coriander leaves and cooked rice. or with fresh crisp raw vegetables; try carrots, cauliflower, broccoli and green beans.