Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, assam prawns. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Tamarind prawn or assam prawn is a Malaysian-Nyonya recipe, one that I grew up eating as my late mother made a killer dish of assam prawn, or "assam heh/亚参虾" (in Hokkien dialect). While most Nyonya recipes call for long list of ingredients and tedious preparations, tamarind prawn (assam prawn) is surprisingly easy to make and takes. Assam Prawns (Or Tamarind Prawns) Assam prawns is a much loved dish in many Nyonya homes.
Assam Prawns is only one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Assam Prawns is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have assam prawns using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Assam Prawns:
- Make ready 500 g medium large prawns
- Get Marinade
- Get 80 g assam (tamarind) pulp
- Prepare 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
- Prepare 1 tablespoon sugar
- Make ready 1/2 tablespoon salt
- Get Wok
- Make ready 1/2 cup oil
- Make ready 1 tablespoon sugar
- Prepare 1 stalk daun limau purut (kaffir lime leaves)
- Take 1/2 cup water
Assam prawns is one of the many Peranakan dishes I grew up with. Preparing a dish of tamarind prawns could not be any simpler than this. With just some salt, sugar and the core ingredient, tamarind paste, a marvelous dish is created. It is without a doubt that this dish is very appetizing, with the sweetness of the prawns and the sourish taste.
Steps to make Assam Prawns:
- Wash and marinate prawns for at least 2 hours in fridge.
- Heat oil in wok. Add in prawns and marinade, then sugar and sliced daun limau purut. Add water for a bit of gravy. Fry until fragrant and slightly burnt.
- Serve with rice or fried bee hoon. Also good just on its own.
Assam prawns are sweet & spicy at the same time, and are an asian favourite to cook and share with your family and friends! Immensely delicious and surprisingly straightforward to cook, these assam prawns really rely getting the taste right for the marinade to be mixed with the prawns. @This is nyoya style assam Prawn. This is a little different as I used tomatoes. First to neutralise a little of its strong spiciness, and also, to have some pleasant sourish taste in the dish. Tamarind Shrimp (or Assam Prawns) is a Malaysian Nyonya dish that is so easy to prepare and yet delivers huge flavor.
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