I cooked this dish and forgot to take a pic of it. Fortunately I took a pic of dinner which consisted of a few dishes and managed to crop it.
Piglet requested for ladies finger (okra) to go with sambal belacan.
Four Heavenly King (四大天王) is a mixed sambal belacan stir fry dish consisting of four types of vegetables: brinjal, long beans, wing beans (four angle beans) and stink beans (petai). Ladies finger (okra) also goes well it with it.
I usually fry the sambal belacan paste separately so I can adjust the quantity if it is too spicy. I used asam gelugur to give it a slightly sourish flavour. You can use vinegar, tamarind paste or even lime. I usually omit sugar.
Some blanch their vegetables first or fry the egg plant with lots of oil. I steam the egg plant separately sometimes to reduce cooking time when stir frying.
Another alternative dish without making the sambal belacan paste would be a spicy soy sauce flavoured one. The ingredients just consist of chopped shallots, garlic, light soy sauce and chilli padi (bird eye chilli) or dried chilli.
Sambal Belacan Mixed Vegetable Stir Fry
Ingredients
(a) Sambal Belacan Paste
Chilli Paste: 7 dried chilli, 5 shallots, 1 tsp ginger, 2 cloves garlic
2 Asam gelugur (asam keping)
1 tbsp dried shrimp
1/2 tsp Belacan
Sugar to taste
Salt to taste
(b) Stir Fry
Sambal belacan paste
1 tbs chopped shallots
1 tsp chopped garlic
Mixed veggies: ladies finger, 4 angle bean or wing bean, egg plant
Cooking oil
Salt to taste
Method
(a) Sambal Belacan Paste
1.Soak dried chilli in boiling water for 30 minutes. Remove seed.
2. Blend hydrated chilli, shallots, ginger, garlic, dried shrimp, belacan
3. Fry the blended paste.
4. Add asam gelugur, sugar and salt to taste
(b) Stir Fry
1. Heat oil and brown shallots and garlic
2. Add sambal belacan paste
3. Stir in egg plant and few tablespoons of water. Add water if required.
4. Stir in ladies finger or wing beans when egg plant has softened.
5. Add salt to taste
