Sambal Tauco Udang Medan - Medan Spicy Shrimp Stir Fry

5.0 from 2 reviews

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Main Dish

Cuisines: Indonesian

Ingredients: Seafood

Prep Time: 45 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 1 hour

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoon oil
• 1 lemongrass (Indonesian: sereh), bruised and knotted
• 2 bay leaves (Indonesian: daun salam)
• 5 red anaheim chilies (Indonesian: cabe besar merah), sliced diagonally
• 5 green anaheim chilies (Indonesian: cabe besar hijau), sliced diagonally
• 2 to 5 green bird eye chilies (Indonesian: cabe rawit hijau), thinly sliced (*)
• 2 tablespoon fermented soy bean (Indonesian: tauco), washed and drained
• 100 gram night shade/pea eggplants (Indonesian: leunca), washed and drained
• 1 tomato, diced
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 1/2 tablespoon palm sugar (Indonesian: gula Jawa), or to taste
• 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
• 500 gram shrimps, peeled and deveined
• Grind the following into spice paste
• 10 shallots (Indonesian: bawang merah)
• 4 cloves garlic (Indonesian: bawang putih)
• 1 inch ginger (Indonesian: jahe)
• 1 inch galangal (Indonesian: lengkuas)

Instructions

1. Heat oil and sauté spice paste, lemongrass, and bay leaves until fragrant, about 4 to 5 minutes.
2. Add chilies and fermented soy bean, cook until chilies are slightly wilted.
3. Add pea eggplants and cook for another 2 minutes.
4. Add tomato and water, season with sugar and salt. Adjust sugar and salt to suit your taste. Cook until the sauce boils and bubbles.
5. Add the shrimps and quickly toss around. Once the shrimps turn pink, turn off heat, transfer to a serving plate and serve immediately with steamed white rice.

Notes

• (*) Adding bird eye chilies is optional. Be warned that the final dish will be really hot and spicy if you do so.