Curry Paste
3 | Red chillies, medium |
4 | Green chillies, small |
15 | Garlic cloves |
2 pieces | Fresh ginger, thumbs |
6 | Shallots |
8 | Nuts, candlenuts (or macadamia nuts) |
4 | Galangal, thumbs |
Ingredients
1 | Vegetable oil |
8 cloves | Crushed garlic |
4 | Shallots, peeled, chopped |
2 cups | Octopus, diced tentacles or squid (Main) |
1 | Tomato, diced |
6 | Chillies, 3 red and 3 green chillis, finely chopped |
1 to taste | Sugar |
1 to taste | Salt |
1 | Mango, firm, diced |
1 to taste | White pepper |
1 | Lima beans, Fresh (optional) |
Directions
- Curry pasteBlitz altogether all ingredients in a liquidiser with 2 cups of water until smooth.
- Curry: This is a "dry" curry. Ibnu started by cooking the octopus in boiling water for 40 mins until tender.
- He removed it and allowed it to cool, then chopped the tentacles into 2cm length to give 2 cups.
- Heat up your wok. Add 2 tbsp oil and fry out the curry paste. Be careful when starting, you are adding water to oil. Cook out for at least five minutes.
- Add the garlic and shallots and cook until tender. Add the octopus and toss over a medium heat.
- Add the tomato and chillies. Season with salt, pepper and sugar to taste.
- Add the mango and finally toss around the lima beans over a gentle heat and serve.