Sambal Belacan - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tablespoon belacan (shrimp paste)
8 fresh red chile peppers, coarsely sliced
salt to taste
2 small kasturi limes, halved

Preparation

Place belacan in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir until fragrant and toasted, about 5 minutes.
Grind red chile peppers with salt using a mortar and pestle until coarsely ground. Add belacan and grind until evenly distributed. Squeeze limes over paste just before serving.