This the recipe for the chillie paste they give in resturants, when you buy Char Kway Teow.



                        CHILLIE PASTE

Ingredients:
100 grms fresh red chillies
25 grms dried chillies,soaked and drained
50 grms shallots, sliced thinly
25 grms shrimp cube    ( it has salt in it )
25 grms sugar
25 grms tamarind paste (mixed with2 tbs water )
35 ml oil
Method:
Blend the fresh and dried chillies till smooth.
Add 1 tsp oil if the mixture is dry.
Heat oil in a deep wok. Keep the fire low.
Crumble the shrimp cube and gently stir fry for 2 minutes.
Add the sliced shallots. Turn the fire to a medium.
Keep stirring so that the onion would not burn.
When the onions are brown, add the blended chillie paste.
Stir all the time to prevent the mixture from sticking.
After about 10 minutes, the oil will start to serperate.
Add little salt,sugar,and the tamarind water little by little.
Taste for salt ,sugar and tamarind.
Stir and allow the paste to bubble.
Once it starts to bubble, switch off the fire.
Allow to cool