Sambal Terasi Udang - Spicy Shrimp Sauce Prawns

4.7 from 3 reviews

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Main Dish

Cuisines: Indonesian

Ingredients: Seafood

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 35 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup oil
• 2 lemongrass, bruised and knotted
• 3-5 dried red chilies, seeded
• 3/4 cup water
• tamarind juice from 5 gram tamarind + 2 tablespoon water, massaged and strained
• 1-2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
• 2-3 tablespoon sugar, or to taste
• 450 gram (1 lb.) prawns, shelled and deveined
• 4 kaffir lime leaves
• Grind the following into spice paste
• 100 gram shallot (or onion)
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 tomato
• 3-5 red bird eye chilies, seeded
• 1 inch galangal
• 6 candlenuts (or 12 macadamia)
• 10 gram shrimp paste (Indonesian: terasi), toasted

Instructions

1. Heat oil in a wok/frying pan over medium-high heat. Sauté spice paste, lemongrass, and dried red chilies until fragrant and cooked. About 8-10 minutes.
2. Add water, tamarind juice, salt, and sugar. Stir, then cover the wok/pan with a lid, and bring to a boil.
3. Reduce heat to a simmer and continue cooking for another 5 minutes.
4. Give a quick taste test and add salt/sugar if needed. Add in the prawns and kaffir lime leaves. Cover again with lid, and cook for another 2-3 minutes, or just until the prawns are cooked.
5. Turn off the heat. Transfer to a serving platter and serve with steamed white rice.