Samphire and sea beet sambol
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 2 as a side
- 2 tsp dried chilli flakes
- ½-1 limejuiced
- 5-6 curry leaves
- 2 round shallotspeeled and roughly chopped
- 50g fresh coconutfinely grated (or defrosted frozen grated coconut)
- a small handful samphire
- a small handful sea beetsroughly chopped
- 1 green chilliroughly chopped (optional)
- 1 small carrotgrated
- roughly chopped to make 2 tbsp coriander leaves
- ground to make ½ tsp black peppercorns
- kcal141
- fat9.9g
- saturates8g
- carbs6.8g
- sugars5.7g
- fibre6.2g
- protein2.9g
- salt1.6g
Method
step 1
Use a large pestle and mortar to thoroughly bash ½ tsp of salt and the chilli flakes, adding a little squeeze of lime juice. Once the chilli flakes have turned into a bright red powder, add the curry leaves and shallots, and pound a few times to break them up and release their juices – you just want to bruise them, as opposed to turning them into a paste.
step 2
Add the coconut and the juice of half a lime. Pound a few more times to bruise the coconut, then stir everything together.
step 3
Tip the mixture into a medium bowl, add the remaining ingredients and stir to combine. Check for seasoning and add more salt or lime juice, if you like. This sambol is best enjoyed at room temperature or slightly chilled. It will keep for up to 3 hours but is best assembled at the last minute and eaten fresh.