Lemak Cili Padi Udang Angka

Ingredients:
1 kg Angka Prawns
(shells and head intact, snip nose/whiskers/legs)
Optional snip shell back to remove veins

BLENDED:
8 shallots /3 med red onions
7 to 10 garlics
2 inch / 2 thumb sized ginger
1/2 inch fresh tumeric / (1 tsp powder)
5 to 30 pcs cili padi (how much can you handle?)
Ikan bilis (secubit) 10 to 20 pcs

Others:
3 stalks of lemongrass/crushed /titik
(can blend if like)
1 inch galangal crushed /titik (optional)
1 tumeric leaf torn to pieces (must have)

2 pcs asam keping
& just a bit of tamarind juice (abt 1/2 cup)
2 cups of santan (coconut milk & water mix)/
1 1/2cups Milk (i pref fresh milk) & 1/2 cup water

Veg: (optional)
Carrots / potatoes/ bamboo shoots / pineapples /tomatoes/pea pods/leak
i usually pick 1 type of veg only
My personal fav is to pair pineapples with seafood.

Seasonings:
Salt and sugar to taste
1tsp Nutmeg grated/powder (optional)
2tsp /2 pc candlenut grated/powder (must have)
To thickened gravy.

Salt & sugar to taste.

Instead of salt replace with 2 knorr ikan bilis cubes. If you do then don't add ikan bilis to the blended ingredients

Mtd;
* no oil/frying required

Add all crushed & blended ingredients into a pot and let it simmers on medium heat till fragrant.

Add tumeric leaf
Add desired veg. (Xcept tomatoes)And continue to simmer till thickens a bit.

Add coconut milk & water mix.
Stir a couple of times and turn to low heat.

Keep stiring to avoid (pecah santan) curdling

*i would add another 10 pcs or so of whole cili padies into the gravy

Add tamarind pieces, juice & seasonings.

Bring to a slow simmer before adding prawns to the gravy

(tamarind usually used in most seafood lemak cili padi to enhance its flavours)

Pantun**
Ikan (udang) di laut, asam di darat akhirnya bertemu jua di dalam periuk.. kwang3

Turn off heat once the prawns are cooked

♡Bon Apetite