Recipe: Tasty Sambal Squid (Sambal Sotong)

Sambal Squid (Sambal Sotong). It's a Sambal Tumis Sotong or squid sambal first suggested by her when she approach me to write on Rasa Malaysia as a guest writer. DESCRIPTION Malaysian Food - Squid Sambal / Sambal Sotong Kembang. Few Malaysian meals are complete without sambal, a broad term for a range of chilli-based condiments and sides.

Get our easy recipe for Sambal Squid (Sambal Sotong). Add the squid, tamarind water, salt, sugar, sliced onions and water, cook until the gravy thicken to your liking. Heat a wok over medium-low heat till warm. You can have Sambal Squid (Sambal Sotong) using 16 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Sambal Squid (Sambal Sotong)

1. Prepare 200 g of Squid (cut into bite size pieces).
2. It's 2 Tbsp of Lime Juice.
3. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Salt.
4. It's of Sambal Paste (processed in a blender);.
5. You need 50 g of Shallots.
6. Prepare 20 g of Garlic.
7. Prepare 25 g of Fermented Shrimp Paste.
8. You need 20 g of Dried Chilli (deseed, rehydrate).
9. You need of Pre-Sauce (mix in a bowl);.
10. It's 1 Tbsp of Oyster Sauce.
11. Prepare 1 Tbsp of Sweet Dark Soy.
12. You need 1-2 Tbsp of Palm Sugar.
13. It's of Other Ingredients;.
14. It's 2 pc of Tamarind Slice.
15. It's 1 cup of Coconut Milk.
16. It's 3 Tbsp of Cooking Oil.

Add in oil, swirling to coat sides. Arrange squid on a plate and garnish with sliced chile. Sambal is a Malay style chilli pounded with toasted shrimp paste (belacan) in a stone mortar. The word 'sotong' is the Malay for squid.

Sambal Squid (Sambal Sotong) instructions

1. MARINADE; marinate the squid in lime juice and salt for minimum 30 minutes. The Lime will remove any fishy scent..
2. COOK THE PASTE; Heat the cooking oil in a wok until hot. Fry the Sambal paste until the oil separates..
3. PRE-SAUCE; Once the oil separates, add the Pre-Sauce, Tamarind Slices, Coconut Milk and squid. Cook until the liquid has reduced to your desired consistency. Season with salt and sugar if necessary..

I must have eaten too much sotong because sotong me have forgotten to add the tomato at the end, as you can see in the photo hehe =P. Sambal Sotong - fresh squid (calamari) cooked in a classic Malay sauce; a spicy robust sauce made with chilies, shallots, garlic, stewed tomatoes, tamarind paste and belacan, a dried shrimp paste. Sambal Sotong is also a popular accompaniment to Singaporean local dish - Nasi Lemak. This version of Sambal Tumis Sotong was a favourite of the late Tunku Abdul Rahman. Add the squid, tamarind water, salt, sugar and chopped onions, and cook until the gravy thickens to your liking.