Clams in a Fiery Red Sambal
11:28 AM
I never thought I would ever make this post, but this is what happens when you have a whimsical omnivore as a Husband. Last week when he was going out to the fish shop I also tagged along to buy a new sunscreen with more SPF for my swimming sessions. The market is very close to our house so we decided to walk. Once reaching there I headed straight to the second floor to buy my things. When I came downstairs saw him smiling mischievously. After being married to him for 3 and half years I know him enough to guess that there was some surprise…but this time it wasn’t pleasant enough. He bought 1 kg of clams and wanted me to cook. Now come on I know I like to cook but that does not mean I can whip up anything and everything under the sun and specially things that I have, no not only me but my whole family have not seen before. So after a lot of grumbling and cursing I sat down to google as I needed to know how to clean them first. But another surprise was there for me in store. Once I cleaned and shelled, the whole 1 kg of clams turned into as little as a handful of meat. Seeing that I decided to add some vegetable and when it comes to veggies nothing is like the generous potato to soak up all the aroma and spices. It was a quick dish as I cooked it mainly with the left over sambal from previous day’s Mee Goreng. Hubby and his friends liked it a lot and now he is planning to bring it again this weekend. So that was my brief encounter with clams and here is how I made it.
Just got this information on Clams.They are very nutritious and has a right balance of high protein, low carbohydrate. Source: Blurtit.com
Nutritional Value: One pound of clams, after the shell has been removed is about 68g
Following are the nutrients clams have:
1. Which yields 50 calories,
2. 8.6 g protein,
3. 31 mg calcium,
4. 213 mg potassium
5. 9.5 g iron.
6. 10.8 mcg folate,
7. 33.6 mcg vitamin B-6,
8. 204 IU vitamin A
Just got this information on Clams.They are very nutritious and has a right balance of high protein, low carbohydrate. Source: Blurtit.com
Nutritional Value: One pound of clams, after the shell has been removed is about 68g
Following are the nutrients clams have:
1. Which yields 50 calories,
2. 8.6 g protein,
3. 31 mg calcium,
4. 213 mg potassium
5. 9.5 g iron.
6. 10.8 mcg folate,
7. 33.6 mcg vitamin B-6,
8. 204 IU vitamin A
Clams in a Fiery Red Sambal
Ingredients:
Clams: 1 kg (when shelled it yields very little, check the picture that is what the whole quantity is that too with potato.)
Potato: 1 medium
Onion: 1 small
Tomato puree: 1 tbsp
Oil: 2 bsp
Coconut milk: ¼ cup
Chilli powder: ½ tsp
Salt
Method:
First run the clams under running water while doing this check if any of it has open shells. Gently tap on the shells, if its live will instantly close the shells…otherwise discard.
Now bring one big pot of water to boil with a pinch of salt. Pour the clams in it. Boil for 5 minutes. Drain water. Again follow the same rule if any of the clam fail to open discard it immediately as that might have died long ago.
With a small knife take out the meat from the shells. Repeat with the rest and again wash under running water. Keep aside.
While the clams are boiling peel and cut the potato in small cubes. Wash and keep aside. Make paste of the onion and keep aside.
Heat a pan with the oil. Add the cubed potato pieces and fry for a couple of minute with salt.
Add the onion paste and fry on low till the raw smell is gone and oil separates at the sides.
Add the tomato puree and fry briefly for a minute or so immediately put the sambal paste and chilli powder. Fry on low till again oil comes out.
Now mix in the boiled clams and again fry for 2 minutes. Adjust seasoning.
Pour the coconut milk (keep the flame at very low or the milk will curdle). Stir in everything together. Cover and let it simmer on low.
Once the gravy is dry and the potato and clams is cooked, check the seasoning and serve hot with lime wedge.
My omnivore ate it with Chinese style fried rice for dinner and immensely enjoyed it. though I was a little scared in the beginning but now I am having new ideas to cook it.He suggests that it has a similar texture of mushrooms or soy nuggets. so next time will cook some with soy for myself too.
Vegetarian Option: use button mushrooms or soaked soy nuggets. adjust the seasoning as per your liking.
My omnivore ate it with Chinese style fried rice for dinner and immensely enjoyed it. though I was a little scared in the beginning but now I am having new ideas to cook it.He suggests that it has a similar texture of mushrooms or soy nuggets. so next time will cook some with soy for myself too.
Vegetarian Option: use button mushrooms or soaked soy nuggets. adjust the seasoning as per your liking.
Tags:
Clams, shellfish, Sambal, clam sambal, coconut milk, potato, spicy gravy, red chilli sauce, potato chilli, Malaysian, sambal shellfish, tomato chilli, spicy clams, shelled clams, clams potato.
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39 comments
wow..this dish sounds very interesting, gonna try this soon.
ReplyDeleteyou are good Sayantani. I have been scared to be anywhere near clams. This looks delicious.
ReplyDeleteSambal looks very spicy and yummy, never tried clams yet at home u know..
ReplyDeleteI can totally understand you Indo and Priya. they looks kinda you know. but cooking was easy and if family is happy with such easy effort...why not. between clams have a very good protein content and is very good if cooked in a healthy way.
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious.. Clams is our favorite
ReplyDeleteAppreciate your courage to cook something you are not comfortable with. It is drool worthy dish. btw, hw are your swim lessons.. I just started mine last week.
ReplyDeleteThe sambal mixture looks delicious, I would love to try it with the potatoes or on the noodles, as in your fried noodles recipes!! yum!
ReplyDeleteWow...looks very colorful and healthy.
ReplyDeletehi sayantani,
ReplyDeleteSambal luks very colourfull and delicious...I love all kinds of sambal.Thanks for posting dear!
Sayantani I have not ate or made clams in 2 decades as I am a veggie now. But I remember the rule to cooking clams is cleaning is always a family affair. Disposing the shells is not an easy affair too as it is huge bagfuls. Then if you are feeding more people make a gravy/ curry. If you are making for just 2 people then make a stir fry. If you are used to making mushroom is different ways. Then most of those should work for clams.
ReplyDeletelooks nice and new to me!!
ReplyDeleteVery easy to make with less ingredients but looks so delicious and spicy..
ReplyDeletevery easy one.. so finally u prepared a delicious dish with clams good work.. if u like visit my space i have added one stir fry with this one
ReplyDeleteWow courageous Lady !!! Ami holo bodhay soja dustbin e phele ditam Hi hi hi hi..NEw to me looks spicy
ReplyDeleteTumi kon club e jao swimming korte? Ami Indiranagar e jai every weekend.
Deepa
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Looks delicious but if I prepare for my family would add more chili for extra kick...
ReplyDeletelooks so delicious. looks spicy
ReplyDeleteWil lgive it a shot with SOya nudgets ....thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI have never eaten clams, but pretty positive its a delicious one' heard so much about it...after seeing ur recipe, it very tempting, wanna fix them at home:)
ReplyDeleteOrebbbbash! Hats off to you Sayantani! My relationship with clams is upto Discovery's Travel & Living ... learnt from there that the closed clams should be discarded. Barite veggie hubby ... konodin try korte o parbo na bodh hoye. Fiery sambal is just my kind of dish. :-)
ReplyDeletewow..this sure does sound new ..and interesting....though we are not much of clam eaters...
ReplyDeleteThis dish sounds delicious! Glad that it turned out well.
ReplyDeletemy husband wud def love this one:)
ReplyDeleteLooks so good. Nice color in there...
ReplyDeleteAami clams and mussels shudu restaurant e khe chi. But I can totally understand you making this for your husband. Looks really nice. I like the flavor of sambal in your dish.
ReplyDeleteDear sayantani
ReplyDeleteYou have really made a great dish! Actually never tried Calms in this way...
I have only eaten raw ones ,live baby octopus,squids etc with wasabi - soya sauce ..ha ha .
Will try to cook this , if I can catch hold of some good calms.
bhalo theko
@Anjali, thanks for the info.
ReplyDelete@Sharmila, I understand it completely.
@Ushnishda, ohh same with my hubby. he has eaten stewed octopus, fried bees, stir fried squids.
I love the hint of spice in the clams :D
ReplyDeleteClams! Never cooked it at home, but love it when I have it in Mumbai is Mangalorean eateries - tisrya masala is a particular favourite! This looks great!
ReplyDeletenever tried clams!.. this looks inviting!
ReplyDeletekudos to your patience for cleaning a kg of clams! Clams Sambal does look delicious and I bet your husband loved it!
ReplyDeleteMussels in red sauce looks very tempting. In my family, only I am fond of clams, mussels etc etc. My Hubby is not a big fan of seafood.
ReplyDeletei love clams! try clams with pasta next time.. they are a match made in heaven. sambal sounds like a great partner too.
ReplyDeleteHi sayanthani, you can use corn or wheat tortilla but make it crisp by keeping it on a low flame,...here i have used flour tortilla...you can see priya's blog, there she has shown how to make tortilla's at home..just check that, it might be useful to you http://priyaeasyntastyrecipes.blogspot.com/2010/04/homemade-tortillas-indianized-wraps.html
ReplyDeleteNever tasted clams before, your pictures tempt me to buy some:) Very nice sambal dear.
ReplyDeleteSayantani...looks yum.
ReplyDeleteok..will try the veg version and see :)
ReplyDeletethis looks so delicious, great job cleaning and whipping up this delicious recipe :)
ReplyDeleteSOUNDS SO GOOD!
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Nice dish on clams for sea food lovers.
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