Sambal Terasi Recipe (Indonesian Chili Sauce with Shrimp Paste)

🧂 Ingredients

• 1/2 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon dried shrimp paste

  Terasi, or Belacan
• 6 cloves garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar

  use shaved palm sugar or brown sugar, though white sugar will work as well
• 12 bird's eye chilies

  stems removed
• 1 tablespoon fresh squeezed lime juice

  or use lemon juice

Instructions

• 1 Heat the oil in a small pan to medium heat and add the dried shrimp paste. Cook
  the paste for 45 seconds to 1 minute, mashing it down completely, until it
  becomes vary fragrant. Cool and set aside.
• 2 Add the cooked shrimp paste to a mortar or a small food processor, along with
  the garlic, salt, sugar and bird's eye peppers. Grind or process until smooth.
• 3 Stir in the lime juice or lemon juice and use immediately.

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