Delicious original belacan or shrimp paste. Use in cooking.

Shrimp paste or shrimp sauce is a fermented condiment commonly used in Southeast Asian, Indian subcontinent and Southern Chinese cuisines. It is primarily made from finely crushed shrimp or krill mixed with salt, and then fermented for several weeks.

Sambal Belacan Recipe

To make the best sambal belacan, you need a mortar and pestle. You have to pound the ingredients:

1. chillies

2. belacan

3. calamansi lime

4. salt

pound by hand until it forms a nice and watery texture.