Red Chilli Sauce.
This sauce will not last more than a few days in the fridge, but will freeze. Put any surplus in ice cube trays and freeze for future use, it comes in for other recipes such as Satay Peanut dipping sauce.
This recipe makes about 310g / 11oz of sauce.
Ingredients.
20 cloves of garlic, whole but peeled.
225g / 8oz of onion, quartered
12 to 20 fresh red cayenne chillies.
1 tablespoon of brown sugar.
60g / 2oz of dried prawns.
4 tablespoons of sunflower or vegetable oil.
2 tablespoons of fish sauce.
2 teaspoons of salt.
Method.
1. Put the garlic, onion and chillies into the oven, preheated to 180c and bake for about 30 minutes.
2. Allow to cool then put them in a blender with the remaining ingredients, using just enough water to make a thick paste.
3. Freeze the surplus as described above.
