Rojak Sauce

Ingredients:
Shrimp paste (Hae Ko 虾膏), 2 tbsp
Gula Melaka* (palm sugar 揶糖), 2-3 tbsp
Tamarind (Assam 亚参) juice extract, from 2 tbsp Assam pulp soaked in ½ cup warm water
Red fresh chilli**, pound to paste, 2-3 pcs
Peanut, roasted, remove coat and roughly crushed, ½ cup
Salt, ½ tsp

* Can replace with brown or white sugar
** Can use additional or replace with chilli padi for desired spiciness





Method:
1. Mix all ingredients till homogenous.



Variants:
(a) S'pore Rojak
Mix sauce with cut cucumber, jicama (bangkuang), fried beancurd (tau pok), pineapple, boiled bean sprouts (豆芽), boiled kangkong (空心菜), you char kway (油条), ginger flower (姜花), toasted cuttlefish/squid.

(b) Fruit Rojak
Mix sauce with cut green mango, guava, pineapple, buah jambu air (water apple 水苹果) and buah kedondong.