Recipe Description
Welcome to ‘Shop Kuali Recipes’! In this ‘Tamarind 3 Ways’ series, this recipe serves you a flavourful and appetizing rice vermicelli. Gets your taste buds tingling!
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Recipe Ingredient
- Sambal:
- 2nos garlic (blended into paste)
- 1nos onion (blended into paste)
- 30g chili paste
- 2/3nos ikan bilis stock cube
- 10nos kaffir lime leaves
- 2-3 Tbsp oil
- Other Ingredients:
- 40g tamarind paste
- 200g hot water
- 30g honey
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 pack beehoon or 175g
- Fishcake or tofu (optional)
Instructions
- Soak beehoon in water till softened.
- Heat up pan with 2 Tbsp of oil. Pan fry the garlic, onion and chili paste for 5-6 minutes or till fragrant.
- Add in the kaffir lime leaves and ikan bilis cube. Continue cooking for another 2-3 minutes
- In another bowl, combine the tamarind paste and hot water. Discard the seeds and incorporate the tamarind liquid into the sambal paste.
- Season with salt and black pepper, followed by the honey to balance the tanginess.
- Add in the hydrated beehoon and let it cook till the liquid dries up.
- Transfer over to a serving dish and add your desired topping like fried tofu or egg. Enjoy!