Easy Sambal Udang Petai

Sometimes we crave for certain food and want to eat it as soon as possible. It is easy if we have some ingredients readily available in the refrigerator. Today, I will share with you my healthy version of sambal udang petai which taste and smell good ( to my children, anyway). I am one who do not have the time to properly weigh my ingredients but just chuck them in and improvise accordingly.

Ingredients:
1 onion / big shallot
1 lobe of garlic
3-5 pieces of red chillies / dried chillies (depending on how spicy you want it to be)
a teaspoon of belacan
a cup of water

Put the ingredients above in a blender and press away.

Pour the finely blended ingredients into a pan and let it boil.
Then after it simmers, add the following:

a small handful of petai (slice into 2 pieces)
10-15 pieces of prawns (take out the veins and head)
Add assam keping or 1/2 cup of tamarind juice.
To make it smell better, add some kaffir lime leaves / daun limau purut.
Remember to add salt for taste and about 2 spoons of brown sugar.


Let it simmer for  a few more minutes and it's ready! You can eat it with rice if it is soupy or bread if it is thick.