sambal gesek and limau nipis

this was suppose to be my last night at home after my mid semester break. i've just bought ticket to shah alam tomorrow at 6.30 pm. yeah, i'll be missing the gig and the opportunity to meet syikin. but i just couldn't make it. it isn't impossible but i'll be carrying a heavy bag tomorrow and i don't want to go everywhere carrying the heavy bag. so i guess it's better i go to shah alam and have someone to fetch me up. but still i decided to head back on saturday. no concrete reason for that.

so, you're wondering about the heading huh? well, i've just learnt to make sambal gesek a few days ago although i only had a vague memory of eating it once at alan's house. it's quite simple and convinient for lazy guys like me. so here, i decided to reveal the method to all of you guys and girls out there.

SAMBAL GESEK

1: first of all, you have to prepare some anchovies and cili api for the main ingredient. it's hard to tell how much of those do we need to make it, so it'll be easier if you guys could just grab a packet of those in your nearest supermarket. or if you're living with your parents, i bet there're some inside the refrigerator or cupboard.

2: this is the hard part (at least, for me). to decide the portion of each ingredient to be used. i leave this part to you guys. you have a common sense do you? if you put in 15 cili padi, then you know it'll get really spicy. so just put a little bit more of the ikan bilis (anchovies) to make it less spicier, and so on.

3: after you've decide the portion of each ingredient, make way for a stamping ground coz here comes your lesung batu!! yeah, you have to mix the ikan bilis and cili api and smash it till it looks pleasant to be eaten. you have to use your common sense here as well. ah, and i also recomended that you use the green cili api only as a mixture of both red and green isn't nice on the eye (i just assume it that way. go ahead if you want to mix it). and don't forget to put quite a thick layer of cloth underneath the lesung batu to absorb the sound.

4: so, finally. you'll have a decent looking sambal gesek that certainly wouldn't be as decent as it looks once you've eaten it. and now goes the limau nipis part. to make it taste nicer, or maybe less spicier, pour in some limau nipis (or limau kasturi. it doesn't matter as long as you didn't pour some oranges in there).

5: you can eat it with rice and with other food as well. but as syikin said, it is best served when there's no other food beside rice and maybe telur mata lembu or ikan goreng. you get the idea.

there you go. i bet no one gonna try to make sambal gesek using my method here. anyway, thanks to syikin for 'conducting' me to make sambal gesek. happy trying!!