How to make chilli paste

20 - 30 dried chillies (more if you like it hot)
5 - 6 cloves garlic
2 onions - cut into small
1 tbsp turmeric powder
2 cups water
(optional - 50g belacan/shrimp paste)

Cut dried chillies using scissor, remove the seeds and soak the chillies in hot water for 15 minutes, rinse in cold water and sieve the water out
In a blender put 1 cup water, onion, garlic and turmeric (and belacan) and blend it for 2 minutes than add the chillies and another cup of water and blend it until super fine

Store in bottle and keep in fridge up to a month
You can use the chillie paste to cook lot of malay lauk like sambal tumis, curry, mee goreng etc

Mee Goreng

250 gm yellow noodles
4 tbsp veg oil
2 tbsp chilli paste
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp tomato sauce
200 g prawn/squid
1/2 cup stock
salt and sugar season to taste

1. scald the noodle in hot water. Drain well.
2. Heat oil in a deep pan and fry the chilli paste until fragrant
3.Pour in all the sauce, salt, sugar and stock
4. Add prawn and squid adn cook for 2 minutes
5. Add the noodles and mix thoroughly and stir fry for 2 minutes

Daging Masak Paprik

Beef Paprik

500g beef - sliced
4 tomatoes - cut into pieces
1 carrot - sliced
100g broccoli/cauliflower - cut into pieces
100g long bean - cut in 1 in length
2 kaffir/lime leaves
3 shallots, 2 cloves garlic and 1in ginger - all sliced thinly
2 tbs chilli paste
4 tbs oyster sauce
1 tbs soya sauce
2 tbs chilli sauce
sugar and salt- season to taste

1. Heat oil in a pan and fry the ginger, garlic and shallots for 3 minutes than put the chillie paste and cook for another 3 minutes.
2. Add the sliced beef and oyster and soy sauce and let cook for 5 minutes than put all the vegetables and the kaffir leaves and let everything cook for another 4-5 minutes.
3. Lastly add the chilli sauce, season to taste and serve

Sambal Goreng Jawa

Sambal goreng is my favourite. I never done it before usually my sister made it, she learned from her mother-in-law. I called my mom in Johor Bahru asking for the recipe, as usual she only said put this a bit and that without any measurement. You will be surprise how resilient you can be when you live abroad.

Sambal Goreng Jawa

300g chicken liver cut to small pieces
200g prawn
2 block firm tofu - diced and fried in oil
4 big onions slice thinly
10 strings long bean slice
3 clove garlic- slice
3 red chillies slice thinly
1 cup coconut milk
2 tsb tamarind juice
1/2 cup oil
salt & sugar to taste
(if you have tempe - cube and fried in oil)

Heat the oil than fried the onions until soft and slightly brown then put the garlic, chicken liver,prawn, long bean and chillies cooked for 5 minutes then pour the coconut milk and tofu(+ tempe) let it simmer for another 5 minutes than put the tamarind juice, salt & sugar.