Chef Wan's Nyonya squid sambal
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Ingredients
  • ¼ cup oil
  • 600 g squid - cleaned and sliced
  • Juice of 5 kalamansi limes
  • 3 tablespoon tomato ketchup
  • Salt
  • 1-2 tablespoon of sugar
  • A handful of mint leaves and coriander leaves
For the spice paste
  • 8 red chillies - seeded
  • 3 bird's eye chillies 3 - seeded (omit if you prefer it less spicy)
  • 4 onions - peeled and quartered
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • ½ tsp of dried shrimp paste (belacan)
  • 1 cm fresh turmeric or ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 cm fresh ginger
  • 2 kaffir lime leaves
  • 2 stalks of lemongrass
  • 5 candlenuts (buah keras)
Instructions
  1. Combine ingredients for spice paste in a food processor and blend till fine.
  2. Heat oil in a pan, fry the spice paste until fragrant. This takes about 10-15 minutes.
  3. Add in squid, lime juice and salt.
  4. Mix in tomato sauce and 1 tablespoon of sugar.
  5. Top with mint and coriander leaves.
Notes
Feel free to adjust the amount of oil used. I started with less than ¼ cup.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 4 Calories: 276 Fat: 15g Saturated fat: 1g Unsaturated fat: 13g Trans fat: 0g Carbohydrates: 39g Sugar: 20g Sodium: 184mg Fiber: 6g Protein: 5g Cholesterol: 0mg
Recipe by Maya Kitchenette at https://mayakitchenette.com/chef-wans-nyonya-squid-sambal/