Recipe of Perfect Nethili sambal (ikan Billis / anchovies)

Nethili sambal (ikan Billis / anchovies).

You can cook Nethili sambal (ikan Billis / anchovies) using 17 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Nethili sambal (ikan Billis / anchovies)

1. Prepare of Blend the paste.
2. Prepare 3 of normal size onions (I love onions by the way).
3. You need 8 of garlic.
4. Prepare 4 of candle nuts.
5. Prepare of Shrimp paste, 1/3 of ur pinkie.
6. It's 1 of small piece ginger.
7. Prepare 20 pieces of dried chilli soaked in hot water for 10 mins.
8. You need of Making the sambal.
9. You need 1 packet of anchovies (pre-soaked for 10 mins than fry).
10. You need of In the same oil, add :.
11. Prepare 1 of onion - sliced.
12. You need 10 of curry leaves.
13. You need 1/2 teaspoon of mustard seed.
14. You need of Add the blended sambal paste.
15. It's of Sugar.
16. Prepare of Salt.
17. You need of For sugar and salt I do not have a measurement as I added little by little until I got the right taste.

Nethili sambal (ikan Billis / anchovies) step by step

1. Presoak chilli & anchovies 10 mins in advance..
2. Fry the anchovies.
3. Blend the paste.
4. Use the same oil as the fried anchovies, add the mustard seeds, curry leaves and onion..
5. Once the onion looks white/translucent, add the blended paste and fry the sambal paste..
6. Add salt & sugar little by little as it takes awhile to fry..
7. Once the sambal looks dry, add the fried anchovies..
8. Let it cook until it dries up and it’s ready..
9. Will add pictures on the next round :).