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Pol Sambol (Coconut Relish)

Name: Pol Sambol (Coconut Relish)
Cuisine: southeast_asian
Ingredients: 1 small onion, roughly chopped; 1 garlic clove, halved; 1 medium tomato, cut into quarters; 5 black peppercorns; 1 green chilli, deseeded; ¾ tsp chilli powder; 5 fresh curry leaves; 200g (7oz / 2 ½ cups) freshly grated or desiccated (shredded) coconut; 1 tsp Maldive fish, crushed (optional); juice of ½ lime; salt

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Place the onion, garlic, tomato, black peppercorns, green chilli, chilli powder and curry leaves in a food processor and blitz until you have a fine paste.
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Place the paste in a medium bowl and add the coconut, Maldive fish (if using) and mix well by hand. Then add the lime juice and salt to taste, mixing well. A few crushed curry leaves can be used as a garnish. Pictured left.

Recipes sourced from Epicurious.com.

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