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Malay Heritage
Sambal Belachan
Sambal Belachan is an essential condiment for all dishes that we eat with rice.
Marina’s Story
Sambal Belachan is an essential condiment for all dishes that we eat with rice. It gives the additional 'kick' to any dish. So simple to make, it keeps well. Covered & refrigerated. It can also be used as a base for many other dishes like kangkung belachan, sauce for belachan fish, asam pedas.
Ingredients
4 servings
- Ingredients:8 fresh red chillies,deseeded5 birds-eye chillies (optional)a thumb-sized shrimp paste, roasted on the stove fire1/2 tsp salt
- calamansi lime juice2 tsp
Instructions
- 1.
Pound the chillies & belachan using a mortar & pestle (or a blender...only as a last resort) till fine.Put in the salt & squeeze the lime into the sambal.Serve as a condiment with dishes eaten with white rice.