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Recipes

All-Purpose Balinese Bumbu

All-Purpose Balinese Bumbu

In Bali, in Indonesia, this spice paste is the foundation for all sorts of dishes, particularly for meat, fish, and poultry marinades. Feel free to make a double recipe, you can freeze the extra spice paste for months. 

Ingredients

3 cloves garlic


6 shallots


3 bird’s eye chilies


½ inch fresh galangal


½ inch fresh ginger


2 inches fresh turmeric


½ tsp cumin, toasted and ground


½ Tbsp coriander seed, ground


1 kaffir lime leaf, minced


1 tsp kentjur, ground


2 green cardamom pods, ground


½ tsp white pepper, ground


½ tsp nutmeg, ground


½ tsp long pepper, ground


½ tsp shrimp paste (trassi)

Method

  1. 1

    Reduce all ingredients to a fine paste in a food processor, or if you prefer, in a rough mortar, like with a sambal oelek. 

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