Ingredients
30g Dried Red Chillies, soaked
½ Red Onion, chopped
1 Red Chilli
5 cloves of Garlic
2 tbsps Thick Tamarind
Juice (Asam Jawa)
2 tsp brown sugar
Salt, to taste
1 handful of Raw Peanuts
¼ cup Ikan Bilis
¼ Cucumber, sliced
1 Egg, boiled and halved
1 cup Brown Rice/Basmati Rice
2 cups water
2cm Ginger, sliced thinly
1 Pandan Leaf
1 tbsp Virgin Coconut Oil
Method
- In the blender, blend the dried chillies, red chilli, red onion, and garlic until it forms a paste.
- In a pan, heat up some oil and fry the chilli paste until the oil begins to separate.
- Add the tamarind juice, brown sugar and continue cooking for 15 minutes until the mixture turns dark red. Add salt to taste if necessary.
- To cook the brown rice, add water, ginger and pandan leaf.
- When the brown rice is cooked, toss with a bit of virgin coconut oil to give it the coconut flavour.
- Microwave or dry fry the ikan bilis till crisp.
- Dry fry the peanuts in a pan until lightly browned.
- To serve, place brown rice, ikan bilis, peanuts, egg and the sambal sauce on a plate. Garnish with cucumber.
