Stir Fried Long Beans in Sambal Belacan

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Ingredients

For Stir Fried Long Beans:

200 long beans,clean and dried
10 large green chilies
5 green chili padi
1 clove garlic
10 shallots
350 millilitres palm oil
Salt to taste

For Sambal Belacan:

50 grams green chili padi
100 grams red chilies
100 grams tamarind paste, soaked in 100 ml water, de-seeded
3 kasturi lime, juiced
½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons brown sugar
50 grams belacan, roasted

Method

To prepare Stir Fried Long Beans:

Heat up the oil in a wok over high heat and fry long beans for a brief while, taking care to not burn or overcook them.
Remove from the heat and keep aside until required, reserving the oil in the wok.
Blend together large green chilies, green chili padi, garlic, shallots, palm oil and salt in a blender.
Re-heat the oil in the wok then sauté the blended paste until emits a fragrance. Drizzle the green sambal over cooked long beans.
To make Sambal Belacan:
Mix all ingredients together in a food processor and blend until smooth.
Serve as a condiment to meals.

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