Hu chee rumpah (Sambal-stuffed fried fish): A nasi campur classic at home | Periuk.my

Ingredients

• 8-10 fresh red chillies
• 10 dried red chillies
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled
• 20 shallots, peeled
• 1 thumb-sized piece fresh turmeric, peeled
• 2 tsp fermented shrimp paste (belacan)
• 1 ½ tsp salt (or to taste)
• 1 ½ tsp sugar (or to taste)
• 10 makrut lime leaves (daun limau purut), destemmed and thinly sliced
• 4 tbsp vegetable oil
• 4 whole medium-sized hardtail mackerel (ikan cencaru), gutted and cleaned
• 125ml vegetable oil