Roasted Tomato, Garlic & Chilli Sauce


Ingredients: 
6 Large Shallots, unpeeled and halved 
6 cloves Garlic, unpeeled and halved 
6 Tomatoes 
6 Kii Noo Chillies 
2tsp Palm Sugar 
2tbsp fish sauce

Method: 
Preheat grill plate or broiler until extremely hot. Spread out the shallots and garlic in a large roasting pan. Put the whole tomatoes and chillies in the pan as well and place on the heat. Roast for about 10 minutes checking often, until vegetables brown and blister in spots. When the shallots and garlic are softened and charred, remove from the pan and set aside. Let the tomatoes and chillies continue cooking until ther are nicely blackened (they may burst open in spots). Remove from the pan. Peel the shallots and garlic and place them in a food processor, stem the chillies and add them too. Carefully process to a fragrant mush. Add the sugar and process. Add the tomatoes and carefully grind to a coarse puree. Stir in the fish sauce and taste, adding more sugar or fish sauce to achieve a balance of salty, sweet and hot.