Green-Papaya Salad

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons belacan (shrimp paste)*
• 3 (5 ½-inch) fresh Holland red chiles*, sliced, including seeds
• ½ teaspoon sugar
• ¼ oz small dried shrimp* (1 tablespoon)
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• 1 large shallot, halved lengthwise, then thinly sliced crosswise (¼ cup)
• 1 (1 ½-lb) piece green papaya* or 1 ½ lb seedless cucumber (1 to 2; usually plastic-wrapped)
• + 2 more ingredients
• • 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 2 ½ teaspoons sugar

1. Make sambal belacan: Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. 2. Wrap belacan tightly in foil and bake 10 minutes. Open foil carefully and cool belacan to room temperature, about 15 minutes. Crumble belacan into mini food processor and finely purée with chiles and sugar. ...

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