Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- To serve: dried anchovies (ikan bilis) and peanuts
- To serve: soft-boiled eggs (optional), halved, and thickly sliced Lebanese cucumber
- 15 gm galangal, coarsely chopped
- 10 gm fresh turmeric, coarsely chopped
- 2 red or golden shallots, coarsely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
- 4 red birdseye chillies, coarsely chopped, or to taste
- 2 small dried red chillies, coarsely chopped
- 1 lemongrass stalk (white part only), coarsely chopped
- 2 tbsp grapeseed or vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp belacan (see note)
- 1 tbsp tamarind paste
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- To taste: soy sauce and lime juice
- 500 gm medium uncooked prawns, peeled, deveined, tails intact
Instruction
- For prawn sambal, process galangal, turmeric, shallots, garlic, chillies and lemongrass in a small food processor to a paste. Heat oil in a wok or large frying pan, add spice paste and stir-fry until fragrant, adding belacan and tamarind paste in the last 5 minutes of cooking (8-10 minutes). Add 80ml boiling water, adjust seasoning to taste with sugar, soy sauce and lime juice, add prawns and stir occasionally until cooked through (2-4 minutes). Serve hot scattered with ikan bilis and peanuts, and topped with soft-boiled eggs and cucumber.
