Sweet & Sour Spare Ribs

• 320 g spareribs
• 7 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 12 tablespoon sugar
• 1 14 tablespoons sour plum sauce
• 34 tablespoon preserved soya bean paste
• 1 teaspoon cornflour
• 2 fresh small-sized red chilies
• 6 shallots
• 1 12 slices gingerroot
• 4 garlic cloves
• rice

1. rinse spare ribs with running water.
2. cut spare ribs into 6 cm pieces.
3. add garlic, ginger and shallots into a mortar.
4. use the pestle to pound the mixture.
5. add the vegetable oil into the pan.
6. heat oil before cooking the spare ribs.
7. put in the pounded mixture and stir until fragrant.
8. add in the preserved soya bean paste and spare ribs.
9. stir for one minute.
10. put in 1 1/2 rice bowls of water, chili, light soya sauce, sour plum sauce and sugar.
11. simmer until spare ribs are tender cooked.
12. dissolve the cornflour in 1 1/2 tablespoons of water.
13. add in the diluted cornflour to the pan.
14. when the gravy starts to thicken, remove from heat.
15. serve the sweet & sour spare ribs while hot with plain steamed rice.

spareribs, vegetable oil, sugar, sour plum sauce, preserved soya bean paste, cornflour, fresh smallsized red chilies, shallots, gingerroot, garlic, rice

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/sweet-sour-spare-ribs-425332 (may not work)