I took Kokken's advice by being patient when I was cooking the rempah. I took about 45 mins to get it to brown nicely.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe!
What you need:
15g dried red chillies, cut
into pieces, removed seeds and softened in hot water
50g large red chillies,
deseed. Cut into pieces
60g garlic, remove skin
160g small red onions
(shallots), remove skin
60g dried shrimps, soaked
and drained
240ml Oil
Method:
Pound dried shrimps finely
and dry fry in a wok (no oil) until semi dry. Set aside.
Grind vegetable together
to form a fine paste – dried chilies, large red chilies, garlic, onions.
(always add in the wettest ingredient i.e. the onions here last)
Fry grinded ingredients in
a wok with the 240ml oil over medium or low heat until reddish brown and
aromatic.
Add the dried shrimps and
fry until deep reddish brown and intensely aromatic. Add ¾ tsp salt (or to
taste).
Cool and store in an air
tight jar in the refrigerator.
I cooked this once, my own version of it...
ReplyDeletehttp://suituapui.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/too-little-too-late/
...but dried prawns here are way too expensive these days. We have our local ones - they're straight - selling at over RM100 a kg.
Used to be RM60-80...but they say the KL people would come and buy at the source so if we locals want to buy, we have to pay the same price. Tsk! Tsk!
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Yah in Singapore, it is also very ex. I think the cheapest I find is S$30/kg and it is not so nice. Seems like Singapore is cheaper than in Malaysia. Strange.
DeleteI love this sambal too but as suituaipui said, dried prawns are expensive stuff these days!
ReplyDeleteTrue, I wonder why? even fresh prawns are ex now. perhaps that explains.
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