Sep 27 2007
Bottled Dried Prawns Sambal
Sometimes it is a hassle to prepare ingredients just to cook a small dish. When I need to grind or ground chillies or other condiments, I prefer to do a huge batch and keep them in the freezer for future use so I don’t have to wash my blender every time I want to cook or use the particular ingredient or mix.
This is when the small bottle container comes in handy. I used to give Darrius some bottled/jar food when we were traveling and I will keep these bottles as there are quite useful for keeping moist items. In this case, I stored the excess dried prawns sambal so I can use them when I need to and don’t have to go through the hassle to grind just a small portion.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup Dried prawns
- 7pcs Red chillies (cut into big chunks)
- 2pcs Chili padi (cut into small chunks)
- 4-5 cloves Garlic (cut into small chunks)
- 7-8 pcs Shallot (cut into small chunks)
- 1″ Belacan (cut to smaller pieces)
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Methods
- Mix all the cut ingredients into a big bowl. Scoop 3-4 spoonful into grinder and grind till everything are really smashed up. Continue till all ingredients are done.
- To store, put them into small bottles, around 2-3 portions in each bottle. Store them in the freezer.
- When you need to use, bring one bottle down to defrost in the fridge. One small bottle can stored up to 3 portions (use 3 times for cooking a normal plate of vege).
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