Sweet and sour clams (lala)

Last Saturday (24/04/2010), I went to visit my friend's new house. We all brought some food there for dinner.I guess this is a time that I can try my mom's sweet and sour clams recipe.


Main ingredient:

some clams (with shell or none)


To taste/source:

garlic
small onions
ginger
chilli padi
bean paste (mean cee)
sugar
salt
ketchup
cooking oil

The way:

Mince garlic, small onions and some ginger finely. A bit of the hot stuff (chilli padi) too. Heat up the oil in the pan.Fry the garlic, small onions, ginger, and chilli and bean paste until fragrant. Put in some sugar to balance the bean pastesstrong flavour. Dilute ketchup with water and pour into the pan, adjust the amount accordingly until the whole mix is alittle thick. Mix in the lala and stir to coat the source onto them. Leave to simmer and add salt to taste. Serve warm.