Name: Farina's Malay-style Sambal Recipe
Yield: 4 people
Ingredients: 1 small bottle of store-bought sambal oelek ((8oz)); 2 medium-sized onion, quartered; 5- in ginger; 1-2 stalks lemongrass, white part only, grated; 1 tablespoon toasted belacan powder; 1/4 cup vegetable oil; 1 small can tomato paste; 1/2 cup water; 3 tablespoons tamarind juice, extract from tamarind pulp and water; 1 1/2 tablespoons salt; 1 cup sugar