A few weeks ago, I discovered a Malay food blog, Selera Malaysia. I love Malay food as much as I love my Penang hawker food (street food), Chinese, and Nyonya food.

One of  the signature Malay recipes is sambal tumis or sauteed sambal, which is the building block for many mouthwatering and appetizing Malay and Nyonya dishes. Please welcome Selera Malaysia to Rasa Malaysia as he shares his sambal tumis sotong (squid sambal) recipe with us.

Being a food blogger and talking about Malaysian foods, I am glad when Rasa Malaysia offers me to write a post here. It’s a Sambal Tumis Sotong or squid sambal first suggested by her when she approach me to write on Rasa Malaysia as a guest writer.

For those who are familiar with Malaysian cuisine, there will be no further introduction needed on sambal but for those who aren’t, sambal is a chili based sauce, prepared mainly from mixed paste of dried chillies, shallots and garlic. 

It easy to cook but need a lot of practice to make a good sambal. The secret tips of making a delicious sambal is to sauté the chili paste until the paste separated from oil or in Malay until ‘pecah minyak’. People always been advised to sauté until fragrant, however this is just to general…

Sambal tumis sotong is simply delicious dish and easy to prepare. It can be served with boiled rice together with selections of Chinese Greens such as bok choy, kailan/gailan and others.

How Many Calories Per Serving?

This recipe is only 79 calories per serving.

What Dishes To Serve with this Recipe?

For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.

Lotus Root Soup

Black Pepper Crab

Asian Garlic Butter Shrimp

Sauteed Cabbage

Yield: 4 people

Squid Sambal (Sambal Tumis Sotong)

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Sambal Tumis Sotong (Squid Sambal) recipe - Sambal tumis sotong is a simply delicious dish, and it's easy to prepare. It can be served with boiled rice and selections of Chinese Greens such as bok choy, kailan/gailan and others.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 200 g - 300 g (7 oz. - 10 oz.) fresh squid
• 3 cloves shallot
• 1 clove garlic
• ½ inch (1 cm) ginger
• 5-10 dried chillies
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1 teaspoon belacan
• Tamarind juice, soak a teaspoon of tamarind paste in a cup of warm water
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• salt, to taste
• oil

Instructions

1. First blend the asterisk ingredients. Heat oils in a frying pan and sauté the blended ingredients until the paste separated from the oil. Add belacan (prawn paste). Then add in squid and stir well until cook (estimate for a minute). Put in the slices onion until it about to soft.  And finally, add tamarind juice, sugar and salt to taste. Simmer on low heat until the sambal thickens.

Nutrition Information

Yield

4

Serving Size

4 people
Amount Per Serving Calories 79Unsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 130mgSodium 68mgCarbohydrates 8gSugar 5gProtein 9g