Ah , sambal petai hae bee is a dish you cannot really find in hawker stalls or restaurants .
It was the true blue Penangite who grew up in a household blessed with women who can actually cook who introduced this dish to muah .
Others who were as fortunate as he will go soft at the mere mention of this combo which is regarded as " strange " or " rare " in other states .
The dried shrimps have got to be at it's freshest and most finest state before being pounded to a fine fluff .
Of course today , we use a blender instead of that tile shattering pestle pounder .
