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Coconut sambal recipe

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Chilli crab with coconut sambal.
Chilli crab with coconut sambal.Christopher Pearce

A side of coconutty sambal brings freshness to chilli-fried crustacean.

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups desiccated coconut

  • 3 lemons, juiced

  • ½ bunch of coriander, roughly chopped

  • ½ red onion, finely sliced

  • ½ punnet cherry tomatoes, cut in half

  • 1 tsp chili powder

  • 2 pinches flaked salt

Method

  1. In a bowl, mix the desiccated coconut, the lemon juice, coriander, red onion, cherry tomatoes, chilli powder and salt.

    Using your hands, work the mixture until it is well combined into a sambal.

    Serve with coconut rice and chilli crab

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