Sweet Chilli Sauce - Thai Recipe

Ingredients:

• 5 large red chillies, seeded
• 1 tbsp red bird eye chillies (small red chillies). finely chopped
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) white vinegar
• 1 cup (250 g) caster sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 2 tsps fish sauce

Instructions:

1. Soak the large red chillies for 15 minutes in hot water.
2. Add chopped red bird eye chillies, white vinegar, caster sugar, sal, and garlic.
3. Transfer to a pan and cook for 15 monutes over medium heat, stirring frequently until thickened.
4. When it is cool, stir in fish sauce.

Sambal Bajak - Indonesian Recipe

Ingredients:

• 8 red chillies, seeded and sliced
• 1 tsp dried shrimp paste (terasi), toasted
• 1/4 tsp grated nutmeg
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• 6 shallots, peeled and sliced
• 1 tsp sugar
• 2 tbs oil
• 2 salam leaves
• 2 stalks lemon grass, bruised
• 1/2 in galangal (laos), peeled and crushed
• 4 tbs tamarin juice

Cooking Method:

1. Grind with a mortar and pestle or blend the first 7 ingredients very finely.
2. Heat the oil over medium high heat. Sauté the ground ingredients along with salam leaves, lemongrass and galangal. Stir it frequently until the mixture changes color and becomes very fragrant.
3. Lastly, pour the tamarind juice and let it simmer for about a minute and then leave to cool.
4. Remove salam leaves, lemongrass and galangal before serving.

Note: Keep it in the refrigerator for 5-6 days

Lemon and Garlic Dipping

Ingredients:

• 60 ml lemon juice
• 2 tbsps fish sauce
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 2 red bird eye chillies (small red chillies), finely chopped
• Garlic, finely chopped

Instruction:

In small bowl, stir 1/4 cup (60 ml) lemon juice, 2 tbsps fish sauce and 1 tbsp sugar until the sugar has dissolved. Stir in 2 chopped small red chillies and 3 finely chopped cloves garlic.