SAMBAL NASI LEMAK

السلام عليكم
Peace be upon you

I cooked a simple Nasi Lemak (Rice cooked with coconut milk and few spices) for yesterday brakfast. Sebab ada orang minta nak makan sambal kerang. So dengan rela hati pegi lah pasar basah cari lauk untuk lauk nasi lemak lepas solat subuh tu. Siap mandi-mandi and nak pakai baju nampak jiran sebelah dah tunggu tepi pagar rumah. Katanya "Oi... dah 7.30am!" I pun jawablah "Eh dia jugak kata semalam nak pergi pukul 7.30am??" Kelam kabut lah I bersiap! Lepas tung tang tung tang masak kitaorang pun picnic lah kat depan rumah dia macam biasa. Jiran I pulak buat koay teow goreng :)

Tapi hari ni bukan nak update pasal resepi nasi lemak tapi nak update resepi sambalnya :)

Ingredients


200-300gm dried chillies
1 1/2 onions (thinly sliced, bawang besar ye kawan-kawan)*
1 1/2 onions (slice about 0.5cm thick)
6 cloves garlic (thinly sliced)*
3 thumbs size shrimp paste*
1 thumb size garlic *
1 1/2 tsp tamarind paste (I guna yang asam jawa extra Adabi)
Brown sugar (depend on you ; for your liking, You can substitute with gula melaka)
Salt (depend on you ; for your liking)
1 bay leaf
4 cups of water
3/4 cup vegetable oil


Method

Seeded and soak dried chillies in water for an hour. Place dried chillies, a of cup water and * ingredients in the food processor and grind till it turned to paste.

Heat oil in a wok over medium heat. Pour in chili paste, simmer till fragrant and water absorbed. Add in a cup of water and simmer till the water absorbed for second time. Once the water absorbed, add in the remaining 2 cups water, brown sugar, salt, bay leaf, tamarind paste and sliced onions. Cook till the water absorbed for third time.

You can use the sambal to cook Sambal Kerang or Sambal Udang. Senang hidup! :)

Caranya, ambil sikit sambal yang dah masak tadi dan masukkan ke dalam periuk atau kuali yang lain. Panaskan sambal kemudian masukkan udang atau kerang. Masak udang selama 1-2 minit and sedia di hidang. Udang tak perlu masak lama sebab nak mengekalkan kesegarannya.


Then, boleh lah di gandingkan dengan it accompaniments seperti ikan bilis, hirisan timun, telur rebus dan kacang. I malas nak goreng kacang tapi segan lah nak letak pistchios and cashew nuts pulak sebab macam tak kena je hehe.

Selamat mencuba you all!



Love,

Honey