Recipe Ingredient
- 600g large prawns, unshelled
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 125ml cooking oil
- Spice paste (ground or blended):
- 10-12 (100g) red chillies, sliced
- 3 bird's eye chillies, sliced
- 50g candlenuts
- 2 cloves garlic
- 20 shallots, peeled and sliced
- 100-125ml water
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt / to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar / to taste
Instructions
- Devein the prawns and marinate with the salt and sugar.
- Heat the oil over a medium flame in a wok and fry the prawns for 1 minute.
- Remove from heat and set aside.
- Remove a little of the oil remaining in the wok before adding the ground spice paste.
- Fry until fragrant, stirring continuously to prevent burning.
- Add the prawns, water, salt and sugar.
- Simmer until prawns are cooked and mixture is dry.
- Adjust seasonings to taste.
