Sambal Goreng Udang

Sambal Goreng Udang

This is a very easy dish to make. It’s quick, simple and delicious.  The green beans on this dish called “pete”, they acquire taste, they smell rather pungent and they need getting used to in order to enjoy them. Is not easy to find pete outside of Indonesia, so you can use peeled green broad-beans instead. 

For this dish you will need:

• 250 gr shelled prawns (large ones are much nicer)
• 200 gr cube potatoes (optional) – but put extra prawn in to balance the spices if you are not using the potatoes
• 10 pete (or green broad-beans) -or you can add more if you like them that much)
• 2 salam (or bay) leaves
• about 3 cm of galangal root (bruised)
• 1 tablespoon of cooking oil

You will need the following spices, grind them to a paste: –

• 3 cloves of garlic
• 6 small red shallots, or use 1 medium size red onion
• 8 red chillies but use less if you can’t tolerate very hot food.
• 1 medium size tomato
• 3 roasted candle-nuts
• Salt to taste

Tips:  use green broad beans as a substitute to pete beans, they are equally delicious and less pungent.

 

How to make: Heat the cooking oil in pan. Add the paste of spices.  Sauté the spice paste for a few minutes then add the salam leaves and the galangal. Then add the potato and stir evenly, leave for 5 minutes to cook. Then add the prawns and stir evenly and leave for 2 minutes to cook. Then add the pete beans and leave for another 2 minutes to simmer.

Your sambal udang dish is now ready to serve. Delicious with hot steam rice and some plain vegetables. Enjoy!!