Petis is another concentrated, salty shrimp extract like terasi, but black in color, slightly sweet and has the consistency of molasses. You can find it in Asian grocery stores or substitute with Thai fish sauce if you must. Ingredients 8 green bird’s eye chilies, chopped 3 cloves garlic, sliced 1 teaspoon shrimp paste (petis) Salt [...]
Ingredients ½ young fresh coconut, for grating, or ½ cup (125 g) prepared dried coconut 2 medium-length red chilies ¼ teaspoon shrimp paste, roasted or 1 slice resurrection lily, chopped (optional) 2 shallots, sliced ½ clove garlic, coarsely chopped 1 kaffir lime leaf, shredded Sugar to taste Salt to taste Remove the brown skin from [...]
Ingredients 3 midium-length red chilies Squeeze of fresh lime juice 1/8 teaspoon shrimp paste (tesari), roasted (optional) Palm ỏ dark brown sugar to taste (optional) ½ cup kaffir lime leaf, shredded Salt to taste Grind the chilies, lime juice, shrimp paste and the sugar to a rough paste. Combine the paste with the peanuts, lime [...]
Ingredients 1½ (3-cm) piece fresh ginger root, peeled and thinly sliced 10 medium-length red chilied, Dash white vinegar or fresh lime juice Salt Dash of chicken stock Grind the ginger and chilies to a paste. Add a little vinegar or lime juice and salt to taste and moisten with chicken stock. This sambal goes with [...]
Along with Chili-Shrimp Paste Sambal, this cooked sambal is the one eaten most often. The “plow” may refer to the rice, sambal and perhaps a little dried fish farmers take to the fields with them. Ingredients 10 medium-length red chilies 4 roasted candlenuts or macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped 1 teaspoon shrimp paste 3 cloves garlic [...]
If there is one food that is more important than any other to Indonesians apart from rice, it is the sambal. Sambal can always be relied upon to turn a plate of rice into a tasty meal. Be it large, small, splendid or frugal, no meal would be complete without spooning sambal on the side [...]
Ingredients ½ fresh coconut, grated or 4½ oz (125 g) prepared dried coconut 8 oz (250 g) ground beef 2 cloves garlic, chopped ½ teaspoon ground coriander Pinch of freshly ground cumin 1 egg Oil for deep-frying Grind the grated coconut as finely as you can. Combine all the ingredients in a food processor and [...]
