Simply Sambel Balacan

5-10 red chilies, chopped roughly
8 - 10 shallots, chopped
1 tablespoon shrimp paste
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt

Directions
Process all ingredients until finely ground with blender
Ready to serve

Homemade Fried Rice

a soup bowl's full of boiled white rice

onions

garlic

sweet soy sauce

chilly

tomato sauce

pepper

vegetables

strong chicken broth - other subtitution for chicken broth are beef or chicken cubes

a handful of dried shrimps (ebi) or meat, pork sausages, crab, some leek or a combination of all

Direction:

cut the onions and garlic and deep fry them in a wok together with the chili

(either chili paste or crushed fresh chili peppers) and the other ingredients

add the broth / beef / chicken cubes

When most of the broth has evaporated

add the rice, stir well and finally add some sweet soy sauce

Serve in a deep plate with a fried egg and fried chicken

Arrange with slices of cucumber, tomato, and some salad leaves

Ready to serve

Sticky Rice With Chicken Filling

500 gram sticky rice (Ind: beras ketan) - soaked for 2 hours, then steamed for 15 minutes
500 ml coconut milk
1 lemongrass, bruised
2 bay leaves
1/2 teaspoon salt

Stuffing
250 gram chicken breasts, boiled
4 bay leaves
6 kaffir lime leaves
1 tablespoon tamarind juice
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
200 ml coconut milk
5 shallots
3 garlic cloves
3 candlenuts , toasted
1 tablespoon coriander seeds
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions
For Sticky rice :
Put to boil the coconut milk with salt, lemon grass, and bay leaves
Put it the presteamed sticky rice until the coconut milk fully absorbed by the rice

For Stuffing :
Shred the chicken breast
Crush the shallots, garlic, candlenuts, coriander seeds, granulated sugar, and salt
Sauté the crushed spices in the vegetable oil until fragrant
Put in the shredded chicken breast, coconut milk, bay leaves, kaffir lime leaves, and tamarind juice.
Cook until of the coconut milk fully absorbed
Spread half of the sticky rice onto a box shaped cake mould, spread the chicken stuffing
And then spread the other half of the sticky rice on top of the stuffing
Steamed until the the sticky rice is fully cooked
Unmold, cut into 20 square pieces, the wrap in banana leaves
Ready to serve