Sambal Oelek - Condiment
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Yields:
-
2 Jars
ingredients
- 25 chilies, Red
- white vinegar (see method)
- 2 teaspoons salt
directions
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PREPARATION:
- Wash the chillies, then just remove the stalks, but not the seeds.
- Put the whole chillies into the jar of a blender, add about 1/2 tablespoon of vinegar then blend. (Warning, don't lift the lid straight off the blender jar and look in - you could get a major hit of chilli fumes!
- Let it settle before opening the lid, carefully.) If the chilli paste is too thick and chunky, add a little more vinegar, then blend again: it should become a smooth paste. Then stir in the salt.
- Keep the finished chilli paste in a sterilised jar in the fridge, ready to use whenever chillies are needed in a recipe. This is an Indonesian style chilli paste, a great way to keep excess chillies you've harvested.
- It's adapted from 'The Complete Asian Cookbook' by Charmaine Solomon.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
JoyfulCook
United Kingdom
We now reside back in England after returning from Australia after most of our working life there. I have been fortunate enough to have lived in many countries when I was younger and therefore many of my recipes reflect this! Love to cook. love to travel too