{"id":9913,"date":"2017-04-27T00:25:38","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T16:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theburningkitchen.com\/?p=9913"},"modified":"2019-08-30T15:07:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T07:07:59","slug":"sambal-kangkong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theburningkitchen.com\/sambal-kangkong\/","title":{"rendered":"Spicy Water Spinach (Sambal Kangkong\/\u9a6c\u6765\u98ce\u5149)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spicy Water Spinach (Sambal Kangkong): The aromatic spicy sambal sauce used to fry this vegetable is made from chilli, dried shrimp and shallots, and packs a punch when it comes to flavour! A definite MUST-TRY if you love spicy Chinese food!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Water Spinach or Water Morning Glory is a semiaquatic, tropical plant that flourishes\u00a0in water and moist soil. In Southeast Asia, this vegetable is known as Kangkong or Kangkung (\u7a7a\u5fc3\u83dc kong xin cai). Kangkong is inexpensive\u00a0and easily available in the wet markets and supermarkets. And it is used in variety of Malaysian, Singaporean, Indonesian and Thai\u00a0foods, including the popular Indonesian dish known as ‘Gado Gado’.<\/p>\n

Stir-fried Sambal Kangkong\u00a0(Kangkung Belacan in Malay, \u9a6c\u6765\u98ce\u5149 Ma Lai Feng Guang in Mandarin) is a very popular dish in Singapore and Malaysia. And it\u00a0is a definitely a MUST-ORDER\u00a0dish if you are eating at\u00a0one of\u00a0the ubiquitious Chinese food stalls selling ‘cooked-to-order’ homestyle dishes (also known as ‘Zi Char’ stalls) situated in most neighbourhood\u00a0eateries.<\/p>\n

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While\u00a0the cost price of the dish is low, the margins charged on this dish\u00a0is sky high. To give you a sense, a bundle of water spinach costs less than S$1 per bundle, but a small serving of Stir-fried Kangkung Belacan at one of these humble eateries can easily cost more than S$10. Despite this, most people still like to order this dish to accompany other ‘Zi Char’ items like Sweet and Sour Pork<\/a>,\u00a0Shrimp Paste Chicken<\/a>, Coffee Pork Ribs (\u5496\u5561\u6392\u9aa8)<\/a>,\u00a0Crispy Cereal Prawns (\u9ea6\u7247\u867e)<\/a>\u00a0and many more Singaporean favourites<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Or course, a more economical option is to cook your own Sambal Kangkong at home. Some people love that unmistakable\u00a0Sambal Belacan aroma that emerges when frying Sambal Kangkong, while others may find it too over-powering. But whatever\u00a0the case, this aromatic spicy sauce, made from chilli, dried shrimp, shallots and oil, packs a punch when it cames to flavour!\u00a0And if you have ever tasted Sambal Kangkong in its full ‘glory’ (excuse the pun!), I’m sure\u00a0you will agree with me that\u00a0a mouth-watering plate of\u00a0freshly cooked\u00a0Sambal Kangkong is worth holding your breath for!<\/p>\n

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Hope you enjoy this recipe, and please leave me a comment below if you have any questions, suggestions or feedback for me!<\/p>\n

Suggested Modifications for Special Diets<\/strong><\/h4>\n