Calamari with Sambal and Cabbage Salad Recipe

Ingredients

• 600 gm calamari, cleaned, cut into 3cm pieces
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• To serve: lime wedges
• Pounded sambal
• 1 tbsp shrimp paste (belacan)
• 5 long red chillies, coarsely chopped
• 2 birdseye chillies, coarsely chopped
• 5 golden or red shallots, coarsely chopped
• 5 gm ginger, coarsely chopped
• 1 tbsp caster sugar
• ½ vine-ripened tomato, seeds removed, coarsely chopped
• Finely grated rind and juice of 1 lime
• Cabbage salad
• Juice of 2 limes
• 1 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tsp caster sugar
• 400 gm red cabbage, shredded
• 1 cup each (loosely packed) mint and coriander, coarsely torn