Dried Shrimps Sambal

Dried shrimps sambal commonly known locally as “hei bi hiam” is a very popular condiment in Singapore and South East Asia. It’s commonly used in stir fries with long beans, kangkong, petai (smelly beans) etc. It's also go well with rice and bread.

Ingredients:
- 100gr dried shrimps (minced/mashed) *
- 10 shallots (minced/mashed) *
- 10 red chili/dried chili (minced/mashed) * **
- chilli padi (optional)
- Sugar

* You can blend the ingredients also. 
** if using dried chili, remove the seed and soak with hot water until soft.

I am using mortar to minced the ingredients, that taste better than blended.

How to cooks:
Wash and slice shallot and chili, put aside.
Rinse dried shrimp, put aside.
Minced/blend all ingredients coarsely (separately).

Mixed minced shallot and chili, heat 5 tbsp oil in a wok and fried about 1 minute (use more oil if necessary).

Add dried shrimp and fried about 1 minute, add sugar and salt to taste. (You may not want to add salt depending on preference because the dried shrimp are already salty.)