Spicy Potato Crisps
(Sambal Goreng Kering Kentang)

Ingredients:
500 gr potatoes
vegetable oil for frying

Spice Paste:

10 red chilies
10 small shallots
3 cloves garlic
2 pieces galangal (laos/lengkuas)
3 salam leaves
1 stalk lemongrass
1 Tbs. tamarind
½ Tbs. salt
½ glass or 100 gram palm sugar
1 tsp. shrimp paste
Instructions:
Finely sliced potatoes (the size of toothpicks) then deep fry it until crisp in vegetable oil.
Finely sliced red chilies.   Stir-fry it until crisp as well. Remove and set aside.
Finely pound the shallots, garlic, galangal, palm sugar and shrimp paste.  Then with 2 Tbs. of vegetable oil, stir-fry the paste with the rest of spice ingredients including the dried red chilies until fragrant.
Put in the potato crisps, continue stirring until well blended, crisp and dry.  Remove and ready to serve.