Fried Chilli Sambal

Name: Fried Chilli Sambal
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)

10 ingredients

6 steps

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)

Directions

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.