A stir fry from the southern tip of Malaysia with influences from China and India . Prepare all the ingredients before you start cooking as you need to work quickly.The recipe is from ” Madhur Jaffrey’s Ultimate Curry Bible”
Ingredients
- 1 tsp oyster sauce
- 1 tsp dark soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 2 tsps chinese rice wine or dry sherry
- 3 tbsps sunflower oil
- 85 g shallots peeled and sliced
- 2 cm thumb ginger peeled and finely chopped
- 5 plump garlic cloves peeled and finely chopped
- 4-8 bird’s eye chillies
- 1 tbsp yellow bean sauce chop any whole beans
- 1 tsp curry powder
- 10-15 fresh curry leaves optional
- 450 g raw headless shell on prawns peeled and deveined
- sea salt if needed
Servings:
Instructions
- Combine the oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar, rice wine and 4 tbsps water in a small bowl. Stir and set aside.
- Put the oil into a wok or a heavy non stick lidded frying pan and set over a medium high heat. When the oil is hot add the shallots, ginger, garlic and chillies. Stir rapidly for a minute then add the bean sauce and stir once.
- Add the curry powder and stir once, then the curry leaves and prawns. Stir rapidly a couple of times then add the oyster sauce mixture and stir.
- Cover, reduce the heat to low and cook for about two minutes or until the prawns are just cooked through. Remove the lid, increase the heat to medium high then stir once or twice. Check the seasoning and serve.
Share this Recipe
Powered byWP Ultimate Recipe