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Malay Heritage
Sardine Cooked in Tamarind Sauce
Sardine Masak Asam.
Marina’s Story
Sardine Masak Asam. Sardines from the can has always been my saviour!
Ingredients
6 servings
- Ingredients:-1 can of Sardines
- cooking oil2 tbsp
- of medium sized onions, sliced2 bulbs
- 5 garlic, sliced
- chili paste1 tbsp
- tomato sauce2 tbsp
- tamarind paste mixed with 1/2 cup water, strain1 tbsp
- salt1 tsp
- sugar1 tomato, quartered2 tsp
- onion, cut into rings8 birds-eye chilies6 belimbing buluh1 large
Instructions
- 1.
Heat oil in a pan.
- 2.
Sautee' the onions & garlic briefly.
- 3.
Put in the chili paste & tomato sauce.
- 4.
Pour in the sardines & tomato gravy as well.
- 5.
Pour in the tamarind juice.
- 6.
Flavour with salt & sugar.
- 7.
Add the tomatoes, birds-eye chillies, onion rings & belimbing buluh.8 Eat straight away with rice, roti chanai, bread or cream crackers!