O, I love these so much. When I was a kid, you could buy these from a neighbour’s house. Just stick 5 cents into the window and say, “Cik, ikan bilis kachang”, and a hand would pass a small plastic bag of this wonderful combo though the same window. What an adventure.
So simple to make, takes only 5 minutes. They are so addictive, you simply cannot put them down.
Sambal Ikan Bilis
Ingredients
- 1 cup ikan bilis
- 1 cup nuts with skin on
- 2 tablespoon of sambal
- 1 Tbsp sugar
Sambal
- 2 red chilies I used 1 fresh and 1 dried
- 1/2 big onion
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1 Tbsp belachan
- 1 Tbsp dried prawn
- 1 white part of lemon grass finely sliced optional
- 2 kaffir leaves optional
Instructions
- Blend or pound the ingredients for the sambal.
- Deep fry nuts for 5 minutes, and drain oil.
- Deep fry ikan bilis for 2 minutes, drain and set aside.
- In a medium hot pan, heat 1 tbsp of oil.
- Fry the sambal until oil exudes, and the paste darkened.
- Stir the nuts and ikan bilis through the sambal mixture.
- Add the sugar, and remove from heat when the sugar has melted.
