chilli paste(sri Lankan style)
chilli paste that spicy side condiment you add to your chinese fried rice just to make it extra spicy.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 12 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 1 cup oil(can increase up to 2 cups if you want it oily)
- 10 garlic cloves minced
- 100 g dried small shrimp(kunisso, substitute with fresh shrimp deep-fried)
- 100 g chilli flakes
- 1/4 cup sugar(about 4 tablespoons which you can reduce as per your need)
- 4 tbsp soy sauce
- Salt to season
Instructions
- 1
If the kunisso(dried shrimp)are slightly larger.
- 2
Blitz it in a grinder into smaller pieces. avoid turning it into a fine powder.
- 3
If you are unable to find dried shrimp then use fresh shrimp.
- 4
first clean, devein, remove the shell and then deep fry them.
- 5
Once this is done, add them to a grinder and blend until you have a somewhat paste-like consistency.
- 6
Add(2-3 tablespoons of oil to ease the blending).
- 7
Place pan over low heat and pour in the oil.
- 8
Add the minced garlic(10-12 cloves)and fry them over low heat for 30-40 seconds or just long enough until they separate into individual pieces.
- 9
Add the dried kunisso(100g, read above on how to substitute with fresh shrimp) into the pan and combine with the frying garlic.
- 10
Constantly stir for an even fry while maintaining low heat.
- 11
Stir for 3 minutes.
- 12
Now add the red chillie flakes(100g).
- 13
As you stir and combine the ingredients to make the chilli paste, you’ll notice the oil is absorbed and the chilli paste almost looks dry.
- 14
Pour additional oil while stirring(1/4 cup to 1 cup)if you need to.
- 15
Add the sugar(1/4 cup) and soy sauce(3 tbsps) and season with salt.
- 16
You can adjust the sugar and salt taste as per your needs.
- 17
Cook for another 2 minutes over low heat.
- 18
Remove from stove. you may notice that the paste is less oily.
- 19
If you prefer your chilli paste it to be oily, add extra oil. this can be 1/4 cup to 1 cup of oil.
- 20
The results would be an oily version of the same chilli paste recipe.
- 21
Once cool. transfer to a clean and dry glass bottle.
- 22
For best results let it rest for a day before use.