Asam Prawns 干煎亞參虾

Asam Prawns - Another fingers linking good dish, make sure to cook extra rice!! 

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Ingredients

300g prawns - Wash and trimmed
1 tbsp chopped garlic Few slices of ginger
some dark soy sauce  
Some curry leaves
100g tamarind paste (Assam Jawa  亞參膏 )
100 ml water
some chili padi cut into pieces (optional)

Seasoning:
some pepper
salt to taste
some fish sauce
1 1/2 tsp sugar


Method

1. Mix tamarind paste with water, strain and retain the tamarind juice.
2. Add 1 tbsp oil in the preheated sauce pan to fragrant ginger and chopped garlic. Add in the prawns and curry leaves to stir fry briskly.
3. Add in the tamarind juice and seasoning, bring to a boil. Stir fry until cooked through and the prawns absorbed the gravy slightly.
4. Lastly add in a little dark soy sauce for coloring, toss well.
5. Dish out and serve hot with rice.