==== How to prepare Sambal ====


**Ingredients for 1 large bowl**
  * 2x red onion
  * 2x whole garlic
  * 2x tomato
  * 3x big red chilies
  * 10x+ birdseye small chilies
  * 50g shrimp paste

**Preparation**
  - Clean roots from chilies
  - Peel onions
  - Peel garlic
  - Wash everything well under flowing water
  - Chop garlic into rough small pieces
  - Chop onion into small pieces
  - Chop all chilies into 1cm rounds
  - Chop tomato roughly

**Procedure**
  - Set frying pan to high heat
  - Add moderately lot of oil
  - Fry all garlic first
  - 2 minutes later, add all ed onion
  - 1 minute later, add all shrimp paste
  - 1 minute later, add all chilies
  - 1 minute later, add all tomatoes
  - next 3 minutes, let simmer on high heat and mix occasionally
  - pour pan content into large bowl and back to pan through stainer to filter out oil
  - cover bowl with plastic bag to mitigate chili fumes and projections
  - mix with blender ~20 to 30 times in bursts
  - pour bowl content back into frying pan on 6/6 heat
  - mix gently, cover with mesh to avoid projections
  - 3 minutes later, reduce heat
  - keep on fire, stirring occasionally until a nice red color develops
  - ~12 minutes later, taste and add salt if necessary

**Tips**
  * If freezing, put in **plastic** containers.