♥...Anchovies & Quail Eggs Sambal...♥

Another simplest dish from me. This is actually the first time I'm combining anchovies and quail eggs in a sambal, and it happened to be our dinner last night. I've posted my Prawn & Quail Egg Sambal before.

And the result...okey, I shouldn't be praising my own cooking. Asked my son ( my food critic after my Hubby ) said it's so tasty and delicious, that he kept asking for 2nd and 3rd helpings. That means, I passed the test...haha!

ANCHOVIES & QUAIL EGGS SAMBAL by love2cook

Ingredients :~

• 1 cup cleaned anchovies
• 15 pcs boiled and peeled quail eggs
• 1/4 cup dried chilli paste ( cili boh ) ~ I used super hot dried chillis
• 5 shallots ~ chopped
• 3 cloves garlic ~ chopped
• 1/2 inch ginger ~ chopped
• 1/4 tsp tamarind paste
• water
• salt to taste
• sugar to taste
• cooking oil

Method :~

1. Fry anchovies till crispy and keep aside.
2. Reduce oil and stir fry chopped garlic, shallots and ginger until fragrant. 
3. Add chilli paste and stir for 5 - 10 minutes. 
4. Add about 1/2 cup water and tamarind paste, salt and sugar.
5. Stir and let the gravy boil. 
6. Once the gravy thickens to desired taste, add quail eggs and mix.
7. Lastly, add in the fried anchovies. Mix well together, allow to simmer and turn off heat. 
8. Ready to be served with plain rice or nasi lemak :)

** The amt of dried chilli paste used depends on how spicy or less you want the sambal to be.
** As usual, I prefer thick sambal. Thus, I let the gravy boil and thickens.

Have a great weekend!