Ingredients

• 3/4 cup - Cleaned Anchovies
• 2 tbsp - Tamarind Juice
• 1/4 tbsp - Sugar
• 1/2 tsp - Salt
• 1/2 tsp - Turmeric powder
• To grind:
• 10 - Dried chillies (soaked in lukewarm water)
• 4 - Garlic
• 7 to 10 - Shallots or 2 - Onions
• 1 tsp - Shrimp paste (Belacan)

How to Make Anchovies Sambal

• Grind ingredients needed for the paste.
• Heat oil and stir fry the ground paste on low fire until oil surfaces.
• Add in the sugar, salt, turmeric powder and tamarind juice.
• Stir until the colour turns blood red.
• Add in the anchovies and cook well.
• Serve with nasi lemak.