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Fish in sour sauce
Sambal daeng yu

  

Cumi cumi smoor
Squid in clove sauce
  • 1 KG SHARK (or another white FISH), in small pieces
  • 4 GREEN CHILIES
  • PIECE OF GINGERROOT, grated
  • 3 CLOVES GARLIC, chopped
  • HANDFUL SPRING ONIONS, chopped
  • 1 ONION, sliced
  • 2 TBSP TAMARIND PULP
  • 1 TBSP SUGAR
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  • 400 GRAM SQUID, cleaned and cut in strips
  • 2 CLOVES GARLIC, chopped
  • 1 ONION, chopped
  • 6 CLOVES
  • 2 TBSP SOY SAUCE
  • 2 TBSP LEMON JUICE
  • FEW GREEN ONIONS, chopped
  • 1/2 TSP NUTMEG, grated
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Puree the chilies with the ginger, the garlic and the sugar and stir fry for two minutes. Add the fish, the tamarind and the onion, stir and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in the spring onion.

This is a recipe from Sabah, on the island of Borneo, which is shared between Malaysia and Kalimantan in Indonesia.

Stir fry the onion and the garlic three minutes. Add the quid and stir fry 2 minutes more. Add the rest of the ingredients and heat 3 minutes. Don't cook longer, the squid will become chewy! Sprinkle with green onions and serve with white rice.

This is a recipe from Madura, an island in between Bali and Java.