UDANG MASAK SERAI

A very delicious shrimps recipe similar to the Malay rendang. Depending on your preference, you can add in bird's eyes chili if you want it hot. Very tasty and delicious. Perfect with rice

Udang Masak Serai

Ingredients

Spicy lemongrass paste

5 Fresh Lemongrass（use only the white part）

25 Dried Red Chili（Reduce for lesser heat）

1 1/2 inch of ginger root (i replaced with blue ginger)

8 Cloves of garlic

5 candlenuts

1” turmeric root

9 shallots

3 kaffir leaves

1/2 cup water

Method

Remove the outer part of lemongrass if it is dried or dirty, clean and slice the lemongrass, ground it together with all other ingredients mentioned into a paste.

It is OK if the paste is a little coarse

Spicy Lemongrass chicken

2 tbsp Spicy Lemongrass Paste

1 kg medium size shrimps

1 cup coconut milk

3 tbsp tamarind juice

1/2 tsp Salt

1/2 tsp Sugar/Palm Sugar

5 tbsp cooking oil

Method

Heat up a cooking pan, and turn the heat to medium, and cook the shrimps pieces  oil, cover it if needed, until theit’s golden brown. Remove and drain oil.

When  the grease released is visible, stir in the lemongrass paste, and cook till fragrants  stir well, an and add in coconut milk and water.  Add in the tamarind juice and salts

Bring it to boil and when the liquid reduced to the thickness of your liking, its done and in the friedshrimps

Udang Masak Serai ini lebih kurang macam rendang juga. Cukup sedap dan harum. Untuk resipi ini seeloknya gunakkan udang yang agak besar sedikit. Sesuai makan dengan apa-apa jenis nasi, nasi lemak, pulut kuning,briyani mahupun Nasi tomato.

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