Name: Sambal Bendi (Stir-fried Ladies’ Fingers with Chilli Paste)
Yield: Makes 4 to 6 Servings
Ingredients: 2 calamansi limes (limau kesturi), cut halfwise; 140 g or 5 ounces shallots, peeled and cubed; 60 g or 2 ounces dried chillies, soaked in hot water; 60 g or 2 ounces belachan; Salt, optional; 230 g or 8 ounces ladies’ fingers (okra); 30 g or 1 ounce dried shrimps, soaked in hot water

Rinse and pat dry the ladies’ fingers.

Bring a pot of water to boil. Also, prepare a large bowl of cold water beside the boiling pot.

Meanwhile, pound or grind the dried shrimps, shallots, the dried chillies and belachan. The paste does not have to be extremely fine. Season with salt.

Place some of the ladies’ fingers on a strainer ladle and

Sambal Bendi

Stir-fried Ladies’ Fingers with Chilli Paste

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