Fish Relish - Sambal Ikan
- 4 ounces tuna fish
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 4 cloves garlic
- 3 each shallots peeled and chopped
- 4 each candlenuts
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 2 teaspoons tomato puree (passata)
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 x salt
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Cut the eel up very small and wash it in vinegar.
- In Indonesia we make this sambal with ikan teri or ikan bilis (tiny dried anchovies).
- Pound the garlic, shallots, kemiri and cabe rawit into a paste.
- Fry this paste in vegetable oil in a wok for about half a minute.
- Put in the tuna fish, eel or teri; stir-fry for 1 minute and add the tamarind water, or tomato puree, sugar and salt.
- Stir in the santen, and go on simmering until the mixture becomes thick.
- This sambal can be served hot or cold.
fish, coconut milk, garlic, shallots, candlenuts, chili powder, tomato puree, brown sugar, salt, vegetable oil
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/fish-relish-sambal-ikan-44821 (may not work)