Fiery chili sauce

AUTHOR
Shirley Vincent
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 2
COOK TIME
15 mins
TOTAL TIME
15 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 5
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Palm sugar (in asian stores)(alternatively brown
  • 7-10 Tbsp sugar)
  • 2 red shallots (Asian store or 5-10 red chillies or
  • 7-10 Tbsp Sambal Oelek)
  • 1-2 TEASPOONS Chili Paste
  • 1 1/2 TABLESPOONS Tomato paste
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Rice vinegar (in the asian shop alternatively 2 tablespoons
  • 7-10 Tbsp white wine vinegar)
  • 1-2 TEASPOONS Cornstarch
  • 1-2 TABLESPOONS Soy sauce
  • 1 red chilli pepper

Directions

  1. 1

    Boil 180 millilitres of water and dissolve the palm sugar in it. Peel and finely chop or grate the shallots. Add to the water together with the chilli paste, tomato paste and vinegar.

  2. 2

    bring to the boil. Mix starch with a little water until smooth and stir into the hot sauce. Bring to the boil again briefly and season to taste with soy sauce. Cut chilli pepper into rings, remove seeds and sprinkle on the sauce.