Udang Goreng Ketumbar - fried prawns with coriander

fried prawns with coriander

ingredients:

500g prawns

2 sprigs coriander/cilantro

1 salam leaf

1 lemongrass stalk

1 tsp salt

1 tsp palm sugar

1 tbsp asemwater

150 ml water

2 tablespoons oil

oil

 

bumbu:

3 cloves garlic

4 shallots

1 1/2 tsp ketumbar

1 cm kunyit

2 candlenuts

 

Clean the prawns and chop the cilantro finely. Pound or grind the ingredients for the bumbu fine into a paste. Heat in a pan the oil and fry the paste with the salam and lemon grass for 3 minutes. Add the shrimp and cook 2 minutes. Then add the salt, palmsugar and the asemwater and stir well. Then spoon the cilantro through. Slowly pour the water in and cook the shrimp. Scoop them from the pan when cooked.

Heat in a pan the oil and fry the shrimp until golden brown and serve.