Spicy Anchovies / Crunchy Ikan Billis Sambal

July 24, 2008 at 3:16 pm (Malay Recipes, Side Dishes) (, )

I Love spicy Anchovies but its hard to do sometimes, coz many times it become too spicy or too sourish. But today i made it and it came just like what i wanted.

Ingredients :-

A Cup of Anchovies, Soaked
2 Big Onions Sliced
3 Garlic, Minced
1 Small Ginger, Minced
3 Tbsp of Chilli Paste (From Dry Chilli)
Curry Leaves
Salt
Tamarind (Smaller then a lemon size)

Method :-

1. Wash the anchovies and deep fry them until they are crispy and keep aside. Pour away some oil and fry the onions till they r cooked and keep aside.

2. In the same pan, use the same oil but about 2 spoons.  When the oil is hot, Throw in the curry leaves, followed by the cooked onions, ginger and garlic. A min later, add in the chilli paste. Lower the flame if the paste is sticking to the pan or add abit more oil. Fry for 3-4 mins.

3. Crushed the tamarind in abt 4 table spoons of water. Pour the tamarind juice into the paste. Put salt according to taste and stir well.

4. A min later, add in the anchovies and stir well and close the lid for 2 mins. Spicy Anchovies is ready to serve as side dish.

1 Comment

  1. Aloysius said,

    If u guys are wondering what anchovies is in tamil… its called as nethili … small fish which is very famous in south india :)

    this is a quick dish vani :)

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