Petai With Prawn in Sambal. My late grandmother loved sambal udang with petai (stinky beans), and I remember vividly the after smell of her eating petai. Personally, I am not a fan of petai. I like my sambal udang (prawn sambal) really simple, with plenty of shrimps and the right balance of spicy, sour, salty, and a tint of sweetness from the freshness of shrimps/prawns.

Heat the oil in a hot pan and fry the prawns until half cooked. Add the tamarind water, salt, and sugar; cook until the prawns are cooked through. Garnish with sliced red chili, fried garlic, and shallots. You can have Petai With Prawn in Sambal using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Petai With Prawn in Sambal

1. You need of Petai.
2. Prepare of Small prawns.
3. It's of Onions.
4. Prepare 2 tbsp of Sambal belacan.
5. It's 1 tbsp of soy sauce.
6. It's 1 tbsp of sweet soy sauce.
7. Prepare 3 tbsp of water.

A Thai-style take on sambal petai prawns, the pad sataw goong has more layers of flavour. Fish sauce adds umami (left) while aromatics and chillies are the base of a good 'sambal' Fish sauce, known as nam pla in Thai, adds pungent umami. I am out of sambal trassi so I add a teaspoon of trassi (fermented shrimp paste) and half a chili pepper; Sauté this mix in the oil; Add the petai beans and stir-fry.; Add the lemongrass and the leaves (jeruk purut and salam).; Add the frozen prawns or shrimp and the asem. The perfect combination of prawn and petai.

Petai With Prawn in Sambal step by step

1. Cut petai into half and remove the inner seed. Wash clean in water. Boil the petai in a pot of hot water for 5 minutes to make it softer and set aside..
2. Heat up 1 tbsp oil in wok and quick stir fry some prawns and set aside. You can marinate the prawns with salt, sugar and some pepper for 20 minutes before cooking..
3. Heat up wok with 1 tbsp oil again and stir fry onions till aroma and put in the petai. Toss a few rounds and add in the prawns..
4. Add soy sauce, sweet soy sauce and sambal. Stir fry a bit and add in some water and let it boil and simmer for 3 minutes. Ready to serve..

There's just something about the combination of sambal, prawn and petai that brings just about any meal to life. Plus, it's such a flexible dish that sambal udang petai, as it is commonly called in Malaysia, is easily served with nasi lemak or plain old rice, and finds itself comfortable in all sorts of cuisines including Malay, Chinese, Eurasian. Petai (stink bean) is one of my favourite bean, especially cooked with sambal prawn, super yummy! And this bean has very good health benefits, read here to understand more. Usually I like to cook Petai with sweet sambal tumis, it is very quick to use this sweet sambal tumis to cook a plate of yummy Sambal Udang Petai.