preparation time: 15 minutes
cooking time: 10 minutes



Bajak chili paste will serve best with fried fish or chicken, grilled meat or fish, even delicious with only steam vegetables as you like.

INGREDIENTS:
100 ground beef, grilled well done
10 fresh red hot chilies
10 bird's eye chilies (green - red, mix)
6 shallots
3 cloves garlic
5 candle nut, roasted and ground
1 stem lemongrass, thinly sliced
1 tsp dried shrimp paste (belacan), roasted
2 cm galangal, thinly sliced
2 bay leaves
300 ml coconut milk
1 tablespoon tamarind juice
1 tablespoon palm sugar, thinly sliced
3 tablespoon oil
salt

HOW TO MAKE:
1. Crush red hot chilies, shallot, bird's eye chilies, garlic, roasted candle nut, and salt in a mortar. Set aside.
2. Heat oil, add crushed ingredient above (no.1) together with lemongrass, roasted dried shrimp paste, galangal and bay leaves. Stir well. Add grilled ground beef, mix it well. Pour coconut milk and stir until boiling.
3. Add tamarind juice and palm sugar, simmer until comes the surface and the quantity has reduced.
4. Let it cool and ready to serve.



SAMBAL BAJAK
Sambal bajak siap disajikan bersama dengan lauk ikan atau ayam yang digoreng, dipanggang/dibakar, atau lalap sayuran rebus.

BAHAN:
100 g daging giling, sangria hingga airnya habis
10 buah cabai kering
10 buah cabai rawit campur
6 butir bawang merah
3 siung bawang putih
5 butir kemiri, sangria, haluskan
1 batang serai, iris tipis serong
1 sdt terasi bakar
1 ruas jari lengkuas, iris tipis
2 lembar daun salam
300 ml santan kental dari 1/3 butir kelapa
1 sdm air asam
1 sdm gula merah sisir
3 sdm minyak goreng
Garam secukupnya

CARA MEMBUAT:
1. Gerus halus kedua cabai, bawang merah, bawang putih, kemiri, dan garam.
2. Panaskan minyak, lalu tumis gerusan cabai, serai, terasi bakar, lengkuas, dan daun salam hingga harum. Masukkan daging sangria, aduk. Tuang santan, masak sambil diaduk hingga mendidih. Tambahkan air asam dan gula merah, aduk dan masak hingga sambal menjadi kental dan berminyak. Angkat, biarkan dingin. Sajikan.