Friday, March 02, 2007

Sambal tumbuk Mbah


You will need

  • 5-10 green chillies
  • 1 medium sized onion, diced
  • 1 tbs anchovies (ikan bilis)
  • 2cm shrimp paste (belacan) (quantity is actually up to you)
  • a pinch of salt (optional)
  • 1 tsp sugar (optional)
  • lemon/lime juice from half lemon OR tamarind juice from 1tsp tamarind

Directions

  1. Fry the chillies, onion, anchovies and shrimp paste for 1-2 minutes. Drain on a kitchen paper towel.
  2. Using a mortar and pestle (lesung batu), pound the fried ingredients coarsely. (I think it's nicer if the texture is not too fine)
  3. Scoop into a bowl. Add the salt and sugar, if using. Finally squeeze in the lemon/lime juice or tamarind juice. Mix well and serve.

Note

  1. Serve with fried fish or fried chicken, and slices of cucumber.

Source: From my late Johor Grandmother.

3 comments:

Ajzie said...

Sambal tumbuk atau nama lain..Sambal Belacan yea? Betul kan saya kalau salah..

Unknown said...

Macam sambal tutok ajer.

Mama Sarah said...

Azie Ha ah, sambal belacan. Tapi kami refer sambal belacan kalau guna cili merah. Cili hijau saya panggil sambal tumbuk.

Yus Entah2 nama dia sambal tutok??? hehehe saya tak tahu nama sebenar. hentam saje.