Spicy Tauchoo Bamboo Clams

 It is once in a blue moon would you fine these delicious bamboo clams in the wet market. My favourite way of cooking this 'razor blades yummies' is using chilly and tauchoo. I like it simply bcoz it is easy and a quick dish to make.

To make this dish, basically u need 4 ingredients:

• 1 kg bamboo clams
• 1 large onion
• Chilly tauchoo paste made of: 5-8 dried chillies, 1 tbsp tauchoo, 3 shallots and 2 garlic
• tamarind juice from 1 tbsp of tamarind
• coriander leaves
• brown sugar & salt to taste

Method:

1. Stir fry the onions till golden.

2. Pour in the chilly-tauchoo paste, a little brown sugar and salt to taste. 

3. Once the paste is done ( oil raises to the surface), pour in the tamarind juice.

4. Let it simmer for a while and add in bamboo clams.

5. Stir fry the clams for a few minutes and put in coriander leaves.

6. Best served hot.

- bon appetite -