Salmon in Balinese Sambal

As I wrote before, I'm gonna share simple Asian (particularly Indonesian) dishes for our daily meal, that IMO worth to post. First will be this salmon in Balinese sambal. Actually it's the basis of Balinese raw sambal (matah) but the sambal is sautéed.

This menu was inspired by le office mate.. she brought a salmon chunk with Balinese sambal for her lunch. So I then tried my own version according to le personal tastebud. Slightly different with my friend's, I didn't make a salmon chunk and a raw sambal. Wanting more of the salmon delish taste in it, so I made salmon dice instead. Diced the salmon, sauteé the other ingredients (chopped lime leaf, lemongrass, cayenne, red onion/shallot). and sauteé the salmon together then add some salt (for a more savory taste, you can add a non-MSG mushroom bouillon). So easy right, it took only 30 minutes of my life, for a very delish meal. The challenge is only when peeling the shallots. I need lotsa shallots because I prefer a big cut of shallots, and it took me so long to peel them, so sticky and thin LOL (well, I just didn't do what Julia taught me to soak the shallots in a hot water prior to peeling). For you who has the ability to fast-peel the shallots, perhaps it will only take you 15-20 mins to make this dish. Since my husband dislike the texture of the chopped lime leaf and the lemongrass, I tried another way. Only chopped a small part of the lemongrass, and the remaining lemongrass is cut long and bruised. As for the lime leaf, just add it upon sautéing the ingredients. The end game looks like this:

Apparently the desired taste of both the lemongrass and lime leaf still existed. No complaint and he loves it. It fits the packed schedule of a full time worker who's still not "ready" to order food outside, due to the pandemic.

Highlighted issue: there's an alternative to the weird texture of chopped lemongrass and lime leaf, as indicated above. The taste (aroma) is still well "preserved".

In addition, the #ProjectMirin has ended some time ago with a satisfactory result at my end (at least wkwk). Just speaking on top of my head rn, perhaps posting simple Asian/Indonesian dishes can be deemed as my project wkwk. The significant different between Asian/Indonesian food and French is that I can maintain my weight. Lost 5 kgs since September 2020. So total I've lost 6-7kgs by eating in moderation. By "eating" I referred to "eat anything other than French cuisine" hehe. For the love of food, happy cooking the simple things.