Rudy's Sambal
Ingredients
250g red (spanish) peper, seeds free
1 big onion
2 cloves garlic
2 medium tomatoes
1 tsp terasi (shrimp paste)
1 dsp ebie (dried shrimp), soaked in hot water
2 cm of laos
1 salam leaf
salt
palm sugar
1/2 cup of corn oil for frying
Directions
* Blend/grind all ingridients except the laos and salam leaf in the food processor until smooth paste.
* fry the chilly paste in a pan with hot oil and put the laos and salam leaf, give 1/2 cup extra of hot water on it.
* stiring about every 3 minutes untill it get nice thick and slightly paste.

Peanut Sesame Sauce
6 Tbsp. peanut butter
1/4 cup water
3 Tbsp. light soy sauce
6 Tbsp. dark soy sauce
6 Tbsp. tahini (sesame paste)
1/2 cup dark sesame oil
2 Tbsp. sherry
4 tsp. rice wine vinegar
1/4 cup honey
4 medium cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp. minced fresh ginger
1-2 Tbsp. hot pepper oil (see instructions below)*
1/2 cup hot water
Directions
combine all ingredients except hot water in a blender or food processor fitted with steel blade and blend until smooth. Thin with hot water to consistency of whipping cream.

Sauce for Duck/Mango Salad
3 Tbs water
Half tsp salt
One to 2 tsp sugar
Half tsp sesame oil
Half Tbs tomato ketchup
One tsp chilli sauce
One-and-a-half tsp cornflour
One-and-a-half Chinese plum sauce or apricot jam
2 tsp vegetable oil
Directions
Mix all the sauce ingredients together except for the oil and plum sauce. Heat oil in a wok and add the mixture, stir well till sauce thickens, add plum sauce or apricot jam and turn off heat. Cool in the fridge.
To serve, pour the sauce over the duck at the table and all the guests should toss the salad together.

Chili Crab Sauce
Ingredients
3 Tbs tomato ketchup
One-and-a-half Tbs sugar, according to taste
Quarter tsp salt
3 cloves of garlic
One tsp pounded salted brown soya bean paste
One cup water
One-and-a-half tsp cornflour
Half tsp rice or malt vinegar of freshly squeezed lime juice
Quarter tsp dark soya sauce
Directions
Mix sauce ingredients except for the vinegar or lime juice. Heat wok, add oil and when hot, add the garlic, stir fry for one minute, add chillies, stir fry for another minute and add crab or lobster pieces.

Spicy Chicken Sauce
Ingredients
1 star aniseed
1/2 tsp brown peppercorn
1/2 tsp clove
1 piece cinnamon stick
1 cardamom
1/4 dried tangerine peel
5 cups water
2 tbsp sugar
Directions
Bring spicy sauce to the boil until 4 cups of water is left. Strain. Add light soy sauce and sugar. Bring to the boil again. Put chicken in spicy sauce. Simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.

Can be used for baking or grilling, too!

Sambal Dabo Lilang
Ingredients
1 md Onion, cut into -thin strips
1 sm Tomato (ripe), -cut into small cubes
1 t Basil (fresh), -chopped fine
1 Lime rind, chopped -into tiny pieces
1/4 c Lime juice (fresh)
1 sm Hot red chili (fresh), -stemmed, seeded, cut -into thin strips
1 sm Hot green chili (fresh), -stemmed, seeded, cut -into thin strips
Directions
Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl. Let it sit for several hours, stirring occasionally.
 
Garam Masala
(Ground Mixed Spices)
Ingredients
115 g (4 oz.) coriander seeds, washed and dried 55 g (2 oz.) cumin seeds, washed and dried 2 tablespoons black pepper 1 tablespoon white pepper 3 teaspoons cardamom seeds 30 g (1 oz.) cinnamon bark, broken into small pieces 2 teaspoons cloves 3 nutmegs
Directions
Spread the ingredients in a large aluminum tray. Heat under a warm grill till fragrant and very lightly browned - do not allow to darken. Grind mixture, while still warm, in a coffee grinder till very fine. Keep in an air-tight bottle and store in fridge.