Halal Food Recipes: Prawns in Chili Sauce (Sambal udang)

Ingredients:

600 gram medium sized prawns – cleaned and shelled
4 tbsp cooking oil
4 cloves garlic
2 stalks lemon grass - crushed
6 shallots
1 inch piece ginger
1 inch piece turmeric
1 Bombay onion - sliced thickly
3 tbsp ground chilies
Some shrimp paste (optional)
Some tamarind juice
Sugar and salt to taste

Cooking Method:

Pound or blend together shallots, garlic, ginger, fresh turmeric and prawn paste until fine. Add the pounded chilies.

Heat some oil in a frying pan and fry the pounded ingredients until fragrant. Add the lemon grass and sliced Bombay onions.

Put in the tamarind juice, sugar and salt to taste.

Lastly put in the prawns and cook until the prawns are cooked for about 10 minutes.

Serve the prawns hot with plain steamed or boiled rice or with bread or roti.