Recipe
Pol Sambol
Fresh coconut, chilli, lime and Maldive fish — the five-minute sambol that goes with everything.
- Prep
- 10 mins
- Serves
- 4
- Difficulty
- Easy
Ingredients
- 200g freshly grated coconut (or desiccated, soaked in warm water)
- 1–2 tsp chilli flakes
- ½ tsp chilli powder
- 1 small red onion, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp Maldive fish chips
- Juice of 1 lime
- Salt to taste
Method
- 1
Pound the onion, chilli flakes, chilli powder, Maldive fish and salt together in a mortar (or pulse briefly in a food processor).
- 2
Add the coconut and mix with your fingertips, squeezing so the coconut turns an even orange-red.
- 3
Finish with lime juice, taste for salt and heat, and serve straight away with bread, hoppers, roti or rice.
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