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Sambal Serai Prawns / Creamy Prawns with lemongrass, cashew nuts & coconut milk

This easy prawn recipe has lemon grass, cashew nuts and coconut milk. It is a Nyonya dish. It is also known as sambal seral udang or creamy lemongrass sambal prawns. This dish is not hot. Fresh chillies are used for garnishing.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
Total Time22 minutes
Course: Dinner, lunch
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese, Malaysian, Nyonya, South-east Asian
Keyword: cashew nuts, coconut milk., easy less than 30 min, easy recipe, Nyonya, Prawns, shrimp
Servings: 4
Cost: £6

Equipment

  • Wok or frying pan
  • ladle

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 80 g Raw cashew nuts dry roasted
  • 75 ml Cooking oil
  • 4 cloves Garlic – thinly sliced or 15g
  • 5 Shallots - thinly sliced or 50g
  • 2 Lemongrass – fat part only chopped
  • 1 tsp Belacan or shrimp paste or 5 g
  • 1 tsp Tamarind pulp or 5 g
  • 300 g Medium sized prawns shelled and deveined or 250g frozen peeled raw prawns thawed
  • 125 ml Thick coconut milk fresh from ½ coconut, or canned
  • 2 tsp Sugar or to taste or to taste
  • Salt to taste

Garnish

  • 1 Red chilli - chopped
  • 1 Green chilli - chopped

Instructions

  • Heat the oil in a wok or frying pan.
  • Mix the tamarind with the coconut milk, squeezing out the pulp. Set aside.
  • Fry the garlic slices till golden brown and crisp. Dish out and set aside
  • Fry the shallot the same way and dish out and set aside
  • Using the same remaining oil, fry the chopped lemongrass and belacan until fragrant. Break it into small pieces.
  • Strain the coconut and tamarind mixture into the wok.
  • Bring to a boil.
  • Add in the prawns and stir to cook.
  • Add in half of the fried garlic and shallots.
  • Mix and dish up.
  • Sprinkle with the remaining garlic and shallots, cashews and chopped chillies.
  • Serve with rice and a vegetable accompaniment.

Notes

Serve with rice and a vegetable.
Here is the recipe:
Easy Chinese blanched vegetable
https://youtu.be/Jk-4-_WzYNg