Chilli Oil, the magic sauce

This chilli oil is a handy weapon in my cooking. I tried to mimic a  hand-made chilli oil from Ishigaki Island of Okinawa several times and came out in this way. I make this once in two months at least. Just dressing or topping on salad, noodle, tofu, this chilli oil makes the dish stunning taste. It's a magic.  

Ingredients

Spring onions:3-4

Garlic: 2-3 cloves

Crushed chilli: 1 tablespoon

Pine nuts:2 tablespoon

Ground turmeric: 1 tablespoon

Honey: 1 teaspoon

Sesame oil: 3 tablespoons

Soy-sauce: 1 tablespoon

Thai fish sauce: 3-4 drops

Directions

1. Chop the spring onions and garlic as tiny as possible

2. Grind pine nuts roughly

3. Heat a large frying pan in medium temperature and fry the veggies with 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil for 4-5 mins. Occasionally stir them with a spatula

4. Add chilli and keep frying for 4-5 mins

5. Add pine nuts and keep frying for 4-5 mins

6. Add turmeric. Now the veggies became brown and crispy

7. Add sesame oil and keep heating till the veggies become slightly burnt (for 1 min)

8. Turn off the heat and add soy sauce and fish sauce while stirring well.

9. Store in a boiled bin with a lid. Keep refrigerated and use it up within a month.

Time to prepare: 25 mins

Total cost: Less than 1 pound

Examples of serving chilli oil

Add lemon juice and salt, top on the salad.

Top on the warm or cold tofu.