When I was in campus, most of the time I will eat at the hostel’s canteen which is mostly Malay food which I prefer more than Chinese food. You can’t blame me, I’m a Nyonya, I grew up eating chili. And the food that I miss most is the Sambal Fish.

Since the kitchen is mine now, I tried recreating the Sambal Fish that I ate 10-13 years ago. Amazingly, I got it right on the first try. Hubby confirms it when he commented that it taste like the Hostel Sambal Fish. So I shall name this dish Hostel Sambal Fish.

The recipe is rather simple. Btw, I will only cook simple to prepare dishes.

The Sambal:
Blended Chili (Chili, Shallots and Candlenuts)
Chili Sauce
Sliced Onion
Minced Garlic
Sugar
Salt
Dark Soy Sauce
Water

The Fish:
Marinate them with Turmeric Powder and Salt.

How to Cook Hostel Sambal Fish:
1. Deep fry the marinated Fish until cook. Set aside.
2. Fry the Garlic for a few seconds then add in the Blended Chili. Fry for about 10 minutes under low fire. (goreng sampai chili garing).
3. Add around 2-3 tbsp of Chili Sauce. The next step you got to do it pretty fast so that your chili won’t get burnt.
4. Add in the Onion then water for the gravy. Bring to boil.
5. Add in the Dark Soy Sauce. This depends on how dark your want your Sambal to be.
6. Sprinkle some sugar and salt to taste.

Lastly let the deep fried fishes have a deep in the Sambal.

There you go. It is ready. The Hostel Sambal should have sweet and spicy taste.

Oh ya! Scoop out the extra oil. I wonder why when I added Chili Sauce to my dishes the oil tends to appear way too much. They use a lot of oil to make Chili Sauce kah?

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