Ingredients

• 1 tbsp. shrimp paste
• 4 fresh red chillies, seeded (reserve the seeds)
• 2 kaffir lime leaves, spines removed and chopped
• ½ tsp. sugar
• ¼ tsp. salt
• Juice of 1 lime
• Lime wedges, to serve

How to Make Sambal Belacan

• In a small heavy pan, dry roast the shrimp paste until it is aromatic and crumbly.
• Using a mortar and pestle or food processor, grind the roasted shrimp paste with the chillies to form a paste.
• Grind in half the chilli seeds and the lime leaves.
• Add the sugar and salt, and stir in the rest of the chilli seeds.
• Moisten with the lime juice.
• Spoon the sambal into little dishes and serve with wedges of lime to squeeze over it.