Home Made ‘Sambal Ikan Bilis’
Posted by: ipohwav3 on: April 7, 2007
One of mom’s expertise, sambal ikan bilis (anchovies in chilli paste). Nope, she’s not making nasi lemak, just the sambal to go with plain rice.
My siblings gobbled most of the sambal and left such small portion for me (Grrr….~~)
Accompanied with hard boiled egg.. Yummz. I guess these are steps to prepare it:
- Remove the heads, clean and halved. Deep fried and set aside.
- Blend belacan, garlic, chillies and shallots. Heat oil and sauté till fragrant.
- Return fried anchovies to mixture and stir till evenly mix. Add in asam juice (mom say it’s asam koh/kou but I don’t know the English word for it) and stir till the gravy is thickening.
- Serve hot with rice, cucumber slices, peanuts and hard boiled egg.
17 Responses to "Home Made ‘Sambal Ikan Bilis’"
April 8, 2007 at 10:29 pm
Jian: Gotta let me know when you guys planned to come… cos I just got news that my company is switching off day back to Sunday by 22 April. So, if you come after that date, then you gotta come on Sunday. I suggest that you come on Saturday evening and stay overnight 
Em.. got other cheap rate hotels here, don’t worry.
April 9, 2007 at 10:20 am
Alamak….Hafta bincang with durianberry. lolz…kay will let u noe. Oh yeah, we taking bus. And I havent get my bus ticket yet : P Hope there is still tixs…
April 9, 2007 at 11:35 am
Recipe sounds ec. But with belacan, my kitchen will remind all the other rooms for weeks!
April 9, 2007 at 12:11 pm
xiulongbao: A lot more will be better! Kekeke.. I’m ikan bilis addict!
Jian: Ah… get it soon! My friends who’re working in KL said that tickets to Ipoh on weekends always sold out.
Tummythoz: Blended together with other ingredients, I think it won’t ’stink’ that much guar.. lol
April 9, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Homecooked food is always nice. Plus u get a lot more ikan bilis compared to makan places outside.
April 10, 2007 at 9:10 pm
Belacan got that stinky meh? hahah wont be as stinky as “ham yu” kua…. Hey, my and durianberry sticking to our initial plan to go on Wed. 2nd May holiday wor. You still working? You think buss ticket will run out as well during that time?
April 11, 2007 at 7:24 pm
Opzz….we changed again…now we going to ipoh on 3rd May : P hahah paiseh. Dinner together perhaps? lolz
April 11, 2007 at 8:31 pm
Jian: That’s Thursday… Dinner, sure but seems like your 18 hours makan trip will have to wait lo.
April 12, 2007 at 8:16 am
jus a nasi lemak, wat for post it? Aren’t you malaysian? u looks like a kampung boy. Never see and eat nasi lemak b4? U got nothing else to do? ur photography skills is damm weak.
April 12, 2007 at 10:22 am
Thanks Jason, for offering to bring us around makan makan in Ipoh! A lot of unforseen shortcomings came up (public hol & final exam paper postponement) so we had to change and change the date 
I have been waiting to try this nasi lemak at Seri Kembangan market, and after I see your post, my patience is bursting! Haha. Sat need to go grab that nasi lemak liao, thanks to this
Adoi Raymond, this is called food blogging. Each post is to show appreciation for any kind of foods
April 12, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Well raymond, it is sad that u see it this way. Food is for us to enjoy and makes us relax (which apparently you are not). I think anymore explaination is useless. Raymond doesn’t understand. *Geleng kepala*
Oh the nasilemak kukus? Hahaha
Thanx again ya! can t wait to go KL and Ipoh.
April 12, 2007 at 7:44 pm
Durianberry: You’re welcome and thanks. But you guys need to let me know your arrival time, k? Can’t wait for your nasi lemak post 
Jian: Thanks… looking forward to see you in Ipoh.
Precious Pea: Em.. no lar, but not inspired to write new post lately. So, just simply put that lar
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April 8, 2007 at 9:19 pm
If me and durianberry are sticking to our plans, wed it is. lolz…Er we going there after KL. Meaning we are taking bus…Haha *paiseh but still have to ask*…Are u going to drive us ard? : P And we not sure if we wanna overnite in Ipoh. I am thinkin of YMCA Ipoh…lolz….any suggestions?
Haha hard boil eggs really goes with sambal ikan bilis hor? or perhaps any curry…Somehow they just taste good together with sambal or curry.lolz. Yam cakes look good too.