Balado Teri Kacang: Spicy Chinese silver fish with peanuts

Ingredients

• 150 gr salted dried Chinese silver fish (whitebait).
• 100 gr toasted peanuts.
• 5 shallots, thinly sliced.
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 small tomatoes, chopped.
• 5 big red chillies
• 5 bird’s eye chillies (optional)
• 5 tbs vegetable oil

Instructions

1. 1

   Deep fry the Chinese silver fish until golden. Set aside.

2. 2

   Using a food processor or blender, blend the red chillies, bird’s eye chillies and garlic into coarse paste. Set aside.

3. 3

   Using a food processor or blender, blend the tomatoes. Set aside.

4. 4

   Heat the vegetable oil in a wok and fry the sliced shallots until almost golden, around 4 minutes.

5. 5

   Add the coarse chilli paste from Step (2). Fry for about 3 minutes.

6. 6

   Add the tomato paste from Step (3). Mix all the spices thoroughly.

7. 7

   Cook until the liquid evaporates, leaving a nice oily sauce.

8. 8

   Turn off the heat and then add the fried silver fish and roasted peanuts. Mix all the ingredients and then transfer it to a serving plate.