PRAWN SAMBAL RECIPE

Ingredients

16 Banana prawns
1 Red capsicum
1 cup Shallots (or 1 onion)
3 cloves Garlic
3 Kaffir lime leaves
1 stick Lemon grass
5 Red chillies
5 tbsp Cooking oil
1/2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Sugar
1 tsp Belacan powder
1/8 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Lemon grass powder
1 tsp Chilli powder
2 tsp Tamarind paste
1 cup Water

Prep time : 20 minutes
Cooking time : 30 Minutes
Serves : 4-6

Method

Clean and shell your prawns remembering to remove the vein on the back.
Put the capsicum, shallots, garlic, kaffir lime leaves, fresh lemon grass and chillies in a blender.
Blend until it forms a paste.
Put cooking oil into a fry pan and heat.
Add the blended ingredients and fry until fragrant.
Add the belacan, tamarind, turmeric, chilli powder and lemon grass powder and stir through.
Add salt.
Add sugar.
Add prawns and mix in well.
Cook for about 60 seconds and add the water and stir.
Turn off the heat and allow to cool.
Sambal can be put in a jar and kept until required.

NOTE: A slightly different method is used in the video and you can follow either method.

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