Sambal Belacan / Fried Chili Paste

Ingredients:
30 Dried Chilies, remove the seeds and soaked to soften
5 Fresh Red Chillies
10 Shallots, peeled
4 Cloves Garlic, peeled
4 tbsp Dried Shrimp, soaked
2 tsp Belacan
Sugar and salt to taste
Cooking oil

Method:
1. Roughly cut up the dried and fresh chillies, shallots and garlic.
2. Blend or pound chillies, shallots, garlic, dried shrimp and belacan to a paste.
3. Heat up the oil and fry the paste at slow fire until fragrant. Season with salt and sugar.
4. Ready to serve.

Tips:
1. Add just a little bit of water when you blend the ingredients.
2. Should you like the sambal to be more spicy, you don't have to remove the seed of the dried chillies.
3. You may cook this is big quantity and store it in the fridge.
4. You can serve this Sambal Belacan with Prawn mee, Curry mee.
5. You can use this sambal to cook Kangkung belacan, or other vegetable.