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Sambal Pencok: Sundanese Spicy Sambal with Long Beans
Sambal pencok is a super-spicy, super-potent raw Sundanese sambal made of chillies, lesser galangal, and garlic, topped with fresh long beans that add a crunchiness to the dish.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 11 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 5 bird’s eye chillies
- 1 big red chilli, chopped
- 2 small cloves garlic, peeled, chopped
- 2 cm lesser galangal, peeled, chopped
- 0.5 tsp roasted shrimp paste
- Salt to taste
- A dash of sugar (optional)
- 3 long beans, cut to small pieces
Instructions
- 1
Using a mortar and pestle, pound into a coarse paste: bird’s eye chillies, red chilli, garlic, lesser galangal, roasted shrimp paste, salt and sugar.
- 2
Add the long beans and gently press against the chilli paste.
- 3
Mix everything together.
- 4
Sambal pencok is ready to serve.