Spicy Chilli
This recipe creates a piquant chilli sauce, blending fresh birds eye chillies with shallots, garlic, and shrimp paste. The mixture is balanced with lime juice and sugar, then seasoned to taste. It yields a versatile condiment that can be bottled and chilled for later use, offering a customisable level of heat.
Ingredients
- 400 g fresh birds eye chiles, blend
- 200 g shallots, blend
- 100 g garlic, blend
- 2 teaspoons dried shrimp paste, blend (fish sauce sub)
- 50 ml lime juice
- 50 g sugar
- salt and pepper (to taste)
- soy sauce (optional)
Method
- Take the seeds out of the chillies to reduce their heat. Process all the listed ingredients together in a blender.
- Season the blended mixture with salt and pepper according to your preference. You may wish to stir in extra sugar and lime juice just before serving if a milder flavour is desired.
- Transfer the finished sauce into a bottle. It is best stored in the refrigerator.
Nutrition (per serving)
Sodium7800 mg
Recipe details
CategorySauces
Authorfoodcrazee