Sweet tomato sambal
Ingredients
200g tomatoes, roughly chopped
2 large red chillies, very finely chopped
2 birds eye chillies, very finely chopped
3 shallots, peeled and finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 tbsps oil
1 tbsps dark palm sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tbsps tamarind paste
Method
Heat half the oil in a frying pan on a medium heat and cook the tomatoes, chillies, shallots and garlic for 5-7 minutes until soft.
Put the vegetables into a food processor along with the sugar, salt and tamarind paste and pulse maybe 8 times the sambal comes together but some of the aromatics still have definition.
Put the pan back on a medium heat with the remaining oil and put the tomato mix back in the pan and cook to reduce the liquid. The sambal will turn a darker red.
Leave to cool.
- Inspiration taken from Fire Islands by Eleanor Ford