Sambal Kang Kong (Water Spinach)
Sambal Kang Kong (Water Spinach)

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, sambal kang kong (water spinach). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Sambal Kang Kong (Water Spinach) is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Sambal Kang Kong (Water Spinach) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

Malaysian Sambal Kangkong (Water Spinach) When stir fry veggies with oyster sauce no longer excites your palate, why not step out of your comfort zone and try the spicy and exotic 'sambal kangkong'? This is a common and popular dish in Malaysia and definitely one of my top pick when it comes to veggie dishes whether at home or in restaurants. Spicy Water Spinach (Sambal Kangkong): The aromatic spicy sambal sauce used to fry this vegetable is made from chilli, dried shrimp and shallots, and packs a punch when it comes to flavour! A definite MUST-TRY if you love spicy Chinese food!

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have sambal kang kong (water spinach) using 6 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Sambal Kang Kong (Water Spinach):
  1. Prepare 1 bunch Kang Kong
  2. Get 1 handful anchovies
  3. Get 2 tbsp Soya sauce
  4. Take 4 clove garlic
  5. Make ready 1 shallot
  6. Make ready 1 Red Chili

Reserve and set aside the dried shrimps soaking water. Sambal Sweet Potato Leaf Recipe; Sambal Okra with Dried Shrimps Recipe; Normally, my family is not too fond of the hollow stems of kangkong (also known as water spinach or morning glory). So I always look for the slimmer variety of kangkong with thinner stems (pictured above) which are available from time to time. Add the onion-garlic-lemongrass paste, grated ginger, tamarind paste, shrimp paste, sugar, sambal oelek (or chilis, if that's what you're using) and about a teaspoonful of fish sauce.

Steps to make Sambal Kang Kong (Water Spinach):
  1. All you need is
  2. The make the sauce, put garlic, shallots, shrimp paste, green, red chili in the mortar and blend them.
  3. Set the sauce aside.
  4. In a big pan, in with oil and anchovies and fry them until brown.
  5. Add sauce in and stir occasionally.
  6. Separate the water spinach from stems and leaves. Add stems in first. Add soya sauce to taste.
  7. Once stems are almost cooked, add leaves and stir fry them.
  8. Add water if necessary and close the lid to continue cook for roughly 10 mins on low heat.
  9. Ready to serve.

So I always look for the slimmer variety of kangkong with thinner stems (pictured above) which are available from time to time. Add the onion-garlic-lemongrass paste, grated ginger, tamarind paste, shrimp paste, sugar, sambal oelek (or chilis, if that's what you're using) and about a teaspoonful of fish sauce. Cook gently over medium heat until the mixture separates from the oil. Water spinach is best with Stir Fried Belacan, some other way of serving water spinach is by blanching and dip with sambal. A few days ago I did Nasi Ayam Penyet, the famous Indonesian cuisine.

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