Asian Seafood Recipes - Indonesian Prawn Curry (Kallo Udang) Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 lb. (1 kg.) large prawns

• 1/2 lb. (250 g.) small potatoes (peeled & parboiled)

• 1/2 a pineapple (sliced into small pieces)

• 2 large daun kunyit/turmeric leaf (shredded)

• 1 daun limau purut/curly lime leaf

• 2 1/2 cups thick santan/thick coconut milk

• salt to taste

• a pinch of sugar

• 1 dessertspoon tamarind paste and 4 tablespoons water - mixed & strained to extract juice

Ground Ingredients:

• 5 red chilies

• 3 green chilies

• 8 cloves garlic

• 20 shallots

• 1-inch (2.5.cm.) piece laos/galangal

• 2-inch (5-cm.) piece kunyit/turmeric root

• 2 teaspoons ketumbar/coriander seeds

• 1 stalk serai/lemon grass (sliced)

• 6 buah keras/candlenuts

• 12 dried chilies (soaked & drained)

• 1-inch (2.5-cm.) piece terasi/dried shrimp paste (dry-fried)

Serves 4-6

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Method:

1. Carefully devein prawns without shelling them.

2. Mix well together all the ingredients, except prawns and tamarind juice.

3. Add prawns and stir-cook on medium flame, till gravy is oily and thick.

4. Add tamarind juice and adjust seasoning. Remove from flame.

5. Discard leaves. Serve hot with boiled white rice.