Sambal Sotong
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July 5, 2015
Sambal Sotong – Throw in fresh squid with a spicy mix of chili, tomatoes, belacan, and many other spices, and you’ll have this popular dish that goes in so many Nasi Lemak stores. An evergreen dish, it’s often served over banana leaves in zi char and seafood stores as well!
Now, cooking this dish is not difficult as you need to get the spices right to cook yourself this yummilicious dish. That will really give that extra oomph!
This goes well with rice, other zi char dishes, or even on it’s on. Cook this dish and tell us what you think about it!
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Ingredients
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| Sambal Recipe | |
| 20g dried chillies | |
| 20g belacan | |
| 80g red chillies | |
| 150g shallots | |
| 60g garlic | |
| 40g lemongrass | |
| 25g ginger | |
| 40g palm sugar | |
| 2tbsp tamarind mixed with 3 tbsp hot water | |
| 1tsp salt | |
| 100ml oil | |
| Sotong | |
| 1kg Sotong (squid) | |
| 1 onions | |
| 2 tomatoes | |
| 1tbsp sugar | |
| 1tsp salt | |
| 2tbsp oil | |
| 1banana leaf | |
| 6 calamansi |
Directions
1.
Cut 2 tomatoes each into eighths
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2.
Peel and slice an onion
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3.
Remove inners from 1kg of sotong and peel off the skin
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4.
Cut sotong into 1/2 inch rings
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5.
Add 2 tsp oil to pan
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6.
Add sliced onions, then tomatoes
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7.
Add 1 cup sambal paste
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8.
Add 50ml water, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 tsp salt
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9.
Add sotong rings
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10.
Cover and let it cook for 6-8 mins
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11.
Serve with calamansi
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