Food

My mother made some very spicy, very delicious sambal the other day. She told me whats in there so I tried making some for myself today.

8-10 Madame Jeanette
1 small can tomato puree
4 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar (I used white crystal sugar, but I'm not very fond of factory sugar so will try with cane sugar next time and see if it tastes well)
6 cloves garlic
about 500ml water
100ml (sunflower)oil

Put all the ingredients exept water in a pan on medium heat
Keep stirring and wait for the sugar and salt to melt / dissolve
At the point when you think its about to burn, add half of the water and turn down heat to low
Keep simmering until the garlic and madame jeanettes fall apart, add water if necessary
When garlic and madame jeanettes are soft and falling apart keep simmering for about 5 more minutes
Mash the lot and reduce to prefered thickness. I like to evaporate most of the water
Put in a jar

I like to keep the (now beautifully red coloured) oil in there because it has a lot of taste, but you can also drain this.
I usually dont keep it in the fridge and (possibly because of the layer of oil covering it) it stays well for over a month, but ofcourse you can keep it in the fridge.
It's great with almost any kind of food you want to spice up like chicken, meat, fish, veggies, rice dishes and sandwiches. I usually don't cook with it, but add afterwards on the plate.

NOTE: The pictures show half the recipe (The original amount of oil is used though)

All ingredients in pan

After a little while the peppers start to bloat

Added water

Starting to fall apart

Mash it up

After a bit more smothering it turned to a nice consistency

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