Be Tongkol Mesambel Matah (Balinese Fried Tuna with Raw Sambal)

This dish is typical Balinese dish, it's so full of flavour and real good to eat with steamed white rice.



For 4-6 people

Ingredients:
- 500gr tuna fillet
- 6 tbs vegetable oil
- 150 gr sambal matah
- Freshly ground black pepper

For the marinade:
- 5 candlenuts
- 1 tsp dried shrimp paste
- 2 sp sugar
- 4 cm fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped
- 1 tsp tamarind pulp

Directions:
- To make the marinade, use a pestle and mortar to pound the candlenuts, shrimp paste and sugar to a fine paste.
- Add the ginger and tamarind, pound again to a paste.
- Add the tuna to the marinade and leave to soak up the flavours about 15 minutes. Remove the tuna.
- Heat the oil in a wok and fry the tuna quickly on each side until golden. Remove the fish from the wok and mix it with the sambal matah and black pepper.
- Serve with steamed white rice.

Source: The Bali Cookbook by Lonny Gerungan