Malaysian
Sambal Udang (Prawns in Sambal)
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Sambal Udang (Prawns in Sambal) is Malaysian home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Soak the dried chilies in hot water 10 minutes, then blend with the shallots, garlic, and shrimp paste into a smooth paste.
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Heat the oil in a wok over medium and fry the paste until dark red and fragrant, about 8 minutes.
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Stir in the tamarind paste, palm sugar, and salt.
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Add the shrimp and toss over high heat until just pink and cooked through, about 3 minutes.
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Serve hot.
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Serve it with
A Malaysian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Sambal Udang (Prawns in Sambal), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Sambal Udang (Prawns in Sambal) carries shellfish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | Yes | Asam Pedas Ikan (Malaysian Spicy Sour Fish Stew) |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 350 kcal
- Protein
- 26 g
- Carbs
- 12 g
- Fat
- 22 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 620 mg
- Saturated fat
- 4 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Sambal Udang (Prawns in Sambal) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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