Once my OCPD asked,” Why are you so committed over your sambal thing? “I answered, “It’s an everyday thing, so I am very conscientious as I am over you.”
I thought she was kembang for one minute. She went off whispering under her breath, “Liar.” But did a double Cuba Libre for herself.
Introduction
1. The Malaysian made belacan that is sold in our market is largely made of rotten fish heads. Try to get belacan from Rayong, Thailand. The best local belacan is from the Portuguese Square, Melaka. ( Rumah De Melo.) Otherwise get from Carrefour or Bangsar Shopping Centre, “ Singlong” spec-in belacan made in S’pore. Expensive but hi-quality.
2. Burn holes in a plastic drinking cup (inverse orifice) large enough to discharge chili seeds flushed by running water of your tap.
3. Stand by a pair of latex gloves.
4. Large lesung tumbuk or a hand held blender.
5. A sharp paring knife.
Ingredients
20 Fresh red chilies, cut into two halves lengthwise and seeded by the blunt side of your knife.
10 Fresh green chilies cut and seeded as above.
30 Fresh chili padi, preferably chili kampung.
¼ cup thick tamarind juice, strain after you mix it with your fingers.
12 cloves of good garlic (bukan layu)
2 buah keras
4 sudu besar gula merah (optional)
2 bawang merah kecil.
6x6x2 cm of roasted belacan
Method
Cut the chilies. Use the perforated cup to get rid of the chili padi seeds. Pound the chilies only in the lesung tumbuk or use a hand blender. Do not grind them smooth. Kasar sedikit. Grind the garlic and bawang merah kecil until very fine. Roast buah keras and fine grind . Fold everything into a ceramic bowl and mix them thoroughly using your gloved hand. Taste for pedas and cukup belacan which should give enough salt. Modify as you wish. Keep in ceramic bottle. Refrigerate. No lime please. Use lime before makan.Enjoy!
N.B, For OCPDs and other Datins who cannot tahan pedas, use water chestnuts (Ma Tai) as ulam. For gayaness, microwave for one minute some ikan bilis and create a small hill on the sambal and serve.
Hey! The Teowchew specializes in making fresh salt fish !!??
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