Easy instructions for how to make sambal oelek homemade from scratch using fresh red chili pepers, lime juice and salt.
Prep Time: 15 minutesminutes
Total Time: 15 minutesminutes
Servings: 4tbsp
Ingredients
5red chili peppers
1/2lime
pinch of salt
Instructions
Cut the tops off the chili peppers and remove the seeds and inner pith. Cut the peppers into 1/2 inch pieces.
Place the diced chili peppers into a mortar and pestle and pound them until they break down. Keep working the pestle into theà mortar using a turning and grinding motion.
Once the chili peppers have been pretty well ground, squeeze the 1/2 lime into ground up pepper. Add the pinch of salt and stir the sambal oelek