Assam Prawns
Ingredients:
600g prawns
1 tbsp tamarind paste
600ml water
3 tbsp cooking oil
Marinate:
2 tbsp sugar
1/4 tsp salt
dash of pepper
Ingredients to Blend:
10 shallots
10 buah keras
3 cloves garlic
1/2 tbsp chilli paste
1 cm piece tumeric
1 knob belachan
Method:
1. Shell and devein prawns. Wash clean and pat dry. Marinate with salt, pepper and sugar for 20 minutes.
2. Mix tamarind paste with water and strain out tamarind juice.
3. Heat cooking oil and fry blended ingredients till fragrant and well cooked.
4. Add the tamarind water and bring to a boil. Add prawns and simmer for another 5 minutes but do not overcook prawns.
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Auntie, when you say knob of belachan…do you mean a thumb’s worth or smaller, like the tip of the index finger?
Comment by | April 8, 2007
You can use a piece about half a thumb-sized.
Comment by | April 8, 2007