Sambal (indonesian chilli paste)
- 15 Red chilies (cabe merah keriting) cut in to 4 each
- 5 Shalots
- 2 clove Garlic
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Granulated Sugar
- 100 ml Oil
- 1 small Ripe tomato
- Heat oil in wok, add Red chilies, 3 Cloves shalots, cut into 2 pcs tomato.
- on medium heat.
- about 2 minutes.
- do not over cooked
- Ulek (crush) garlic into fine paste.
- Put the fried spices and garlic paste into blender add the remaining oil from the wok (at room temp), blend it until rough paste not until smooth.
- Finely Slice the remaining shalots, fried with a little oil on wok.
- Until nice golden colour.
- Add the chilli paste in to the fried shallot.
- you can add oil if you want.
- add salt.
- cook until done and the chilli cooked.
- add in sugar, mixed.
- taste it, you can add salt or sugar to fit in to your taste.
- If you want to add 2 teaspoon lemon or nipis juice it would be nice too.
- but i like it without lemon or nipis juice.
- If you like terasi or belacan, you can add terasi.
- About 1 teaspoon terasi.
- Skew Terasi with skewer, burn on the stove until you can smell the fragrant.
- put it into the blender with the fried spices.
- Recipe by ArciMd
red chilies, shalots, clove garlic, salt, sugar, oil, tomato
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/335930-sambal-indonesian-chilli-paste (may not work)