MUSHROOM STEM SAMBAL

MUSHROOM STEMS
HOT SAMBAL
TOFU SAMBAL

Ingredients:
3 big red onions sliced
100 grms mushroom stems
2 tomato chopped
2 big onions chopped
15 dry chillies soaked
2 pips garlic smashed
3 tbs tamarind paste in a cup of water
Salt and sugar to taste
2 tbs oil

Method:
Grind the soaked chillies into a paste
Blend the chopped onions and the chopped tomatoes
Heat oil in a wok, add in the smashed garlic.
Sauté till nice aroma comes, add in the sliced onions.
Sauté well till the onions are lightly brown.
Add in the ground chillie paste, sauté well till oil seperates.
Add in the blended onion and the tomatoes.
Stir well, this forms the bulk for the sambal
Add in the tamarind juice, salt and sugar.
Cook stirring occasionally until the gravy thickens.
Add in the fried mushroom stems, stir well.
Remove and serve with steaming hot rice or chapathi.

NOTE: This forms the base for many sambals.
You can boil eggs, and add and call the egg sambal.
You can semi fry chicken with turmeric and salt,
Add in to the sambal, after adding the tamarind juice.
This becomes chicken sambal.
So it goes for fish and prawns. Thanks. Kugan98