Sambal Squid

200-300g of fresh squid


3 cloves of shallot *

1 clove garlic *

½ inch ginger *

5-10 dried chillies *

1 onion (sliced)

1 teaspoon of belacan

Tamarind juice (soak a teaspoon of tamarind paste in a cup of warm water)

1 tablespoons of sugar

Salt to taste

Oil


Directions:

1. First blend the asterisk (*) ingredients. Heat oils in a frying pan and sauté the blended ingredients until the paste separated from the oil. Add belacan (prawn paste). Then add in squid and stir well until cook (estimate for a minute). Put in the slices onion until it about to soft. And finally, add tamarind juice, sugar and salt to taste. Simmer on low heat until the sambal thickens.