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Ingredients
- 20 g dried chillies, deseeded
- 70 g fresh red chillies, deseeded
- 5 bird's eye chillies (chilli padi) (optional)
- 100 g shallots
- 20 g garlic cloves
- 2 stalks fresh lemongrass, white part only
- 80 g onions, cut in pieces
- 10 g shrimp paste (belacan)
- 2 torch lilies (bunga kantan), buds only, cut in halves
- 10 g fresh galangal
-
10
g fresh turmeric
or 10 g ground turmeric - 20 g fresh ginger
- 50 g oil
- 2 tsp salt, plus extra for rubbing
- 1 tsp sugar
- 5 kaffir lime leaves, shredded
- 6 hardtail scads (ikan cencaru), slit on back along both sides of spine
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 1682 kJ / 402 kcal
- Protein
- 49 g
- Carbohydrates
- 25 g
- Fat
- 14 g
- Fibre
- 5 g
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