Fried prawns with a chilli coating

Name: Fried prawns with a chilli coating (Udang Goreng Balada)
Yield: to serve two to four
Cuisine: Indonesia
Ingredients: 500 g (1 lb) prawns—use green, uncooked prawns if possible; 1 clove garlic, crushed; salt and pepper; ½ cup santen (coconut milk); 10 shallots (not onions); 1 tsp ground coriander; 4 green chillis, or red chilli, but not pimiento; 1 tbs cornflour; 2 tbs rice flour; 1 tbs sweet soya sauce; 1 tbs brown sugar (optional); salt if necessary; vegetable oil

Udang Goreng Balada

Preparation info

to serve
two to four

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Indonesian Food and Cookery

By Sri Owen

Published 1980

About

This is a very hot dish, because of the chillis in the bumbu. If you don’t like very hot food, leave out some or all of the chillis and use a little paprika instead.

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb) prawns—use green, uncooked prawns if possible

Asia
Indonesia
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Spicy
South East Asia

Method

Mix the ingredients of this batter well, and put the prawns into it. Leave them there for at least 15 minutes. Then heat 1 or 1½ cups of vegetable oil in a wok. Fry the prawns, 6 or 7 at a time, till they are golden brown and crisp. Keep warm.