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Basic sambal chilli belacan - Special

Ingredients
  

  • 800 g Dried chillies
  • 1 kg Fresh chillies
  • 2 tbsp Belacan toasted
  • 3 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 3 cups Oil
  • 2 cups Vinegar

Instructions
 

  • Relax and deseed the dried chillies while watching television whenever you can.
  • Wash the dried chillies and leave them to soak in a pot ready for boiling.
  • Put the soaked dried chillies to boil. Bring to boil and turn heat on low for an hour.
  • Meanwhile remove the seeds from your fresh chillies.
  • Toast your belacan.
  • Add your oil to wok and start to heat.
  • Blend your dried chillies and add to your hot oil. Do the same to your fresh chillies.
  • Fry for half hour till the chillies and oil separates and slowly add in your toasted belacan. (adding more or less is up to you)
  • TASTE - Add in sugar, more sugar if too spicy
  • TASTE - To draw out the taste of everything you really need to add some salt (I know belacan is salty; use the best belacan you can get, they are not too salty)
  • TASTE - Add in your vinegar and NO you cannot really taste the vinegar much. Adjust to your taste.