Potato and Anchovies Sambal

Ingredients:

2 cups of dried anchovies
2 large potatoes (diced small)
2 large onion (sliced thinly)
20 pcs of dried red chilli
1 tbsp of soft brown sugar
1 tbsp of chilli sauce
1 tsp of shrimp paste
3 cups of water
Salt to taste
Oil to fry

Soak and clean the dry anchovies and drain and keep aside.  Blend dried red chilli, 1 onion, shrimp paste and water until its fine and smooth.

Deep fry the anchovies until its crispy and set aside. Heat oil and fry the balance onion, then add potatoes and fry for a minute. Now add the blended items in this and let it boil until the raw smell of the chilli is gone, let the gravy reduce to half then add salt, brown sugar, chilli sauce.

Mix everything well and add fried anchovies, let the gravy completely thicken. Now our Potato and Anchovies Sambal is ready to be served.

Do try and let me know how was it...

Orange Butter Cake

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup of all purpose flour

1/2 cup of freshly squeezed orange juice

1 cup of castor sugar

1/4 cup of chocolate chips

1 cup of good quality butter

2 tbsp of orange zest

1 tsp of vanilla extract

1/2 tsp of baking powder

1/2 tsp of baking soda

1 large egg

In a mixing bowl whisk sugar and butter until fluffy then add egg and vanilla essence. Now add orange juice, orange zest, baking soda, baking flour and finally flour then mix everything well. Grease a baking tray and pour the cake batter and  add chocolate chips on top of it. Bake cake at 150-170 degree for 30- 45 minutes depending on your oven's requirement. Mine calls for 150 degree baked for 30 minutes.

Once cake baked let it cool for at least one hour then unmould and cut and serve the cake. Your whole house will smell fabulous with the cake baking in the oven.

Do try and let me know how it turned out!