Recipe - Malay Pickle

150 g Shallots
1 Fresh chilli
75 g Dates
1 Pickled lime
3 sl Ginger
2 Cloves garlic
2 teaspoon Mustard seeds
50 75 ml vinegar
1 teaspoon Paprika
25 g Sugar
One fourth teaspoon Salt

Clean the shallots, halve them, cut the chilli lengthways and
chop the dates and pickled lime. Grind the ginger, garlic, chilli and
mustard seeds together and add sufficient vinegar to make a thick paste.
Add the paprika. Boil the remaining vinegar with the sugar and add the
dates. Remove from the heat and add the shallots, ground mixture and salt
and mix well. From "A taste of Sri Lanka" by Indra Jayasekera, ISBN #962
224 010 0

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