Sweet Onion Sambol
Recipe
HT ACC Sri Lankan
30mins
Sri Lankan Name: Seeni
Sambol
Serves 6-8 Hot Vegetables Fish Seafood
Shellfish Spices Accompaniment Dairy Free Eggless Sri Lanka
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Ingredients
4 large Onions, finely chopped
60ml/2fl.oz. Maldive Fish or Dried Shrimp Paste
5cm/2-inch Fresh Root Ginger, coarsely grated
6 Garlic Cloves, crushed
2 Red Chillies, deseeded and finely chopped
6 Cardamom Pods, split
4 Cloves
1 teasp Ground Cinnamon
90ml/3fl.oz. Vegetable Oil
4 Curry Leaves
1 teasp Tamarind Paste
2 tbsp Sugar
Salt to taste
Instructions
1. Place the onions, maldive fish, ginger, garlic, chillies, cardamom, cloves
and cinnamon in a mixing bowl and mix thoroughly.
2. Heat the oil in a frying pan, add the curry leaves and stir-fry the curry
leaves for 30 seconds.
3. Add the onion mixture and fry over a medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring
constantly.
4. Add the tamarind paste and continue to cook, stirring, for a further 5
minutes until dark brown.
5. Add the sugar and continue to stir-fry for a further 2 minutes. Adjust the
seasoning adding salt if necessary.
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