Sambai Keo Recipe

Sambai Keo Recipe (10 July 2018)

Sambai Keo (Penang Hokkien: Click to hear

) is a delicious dish of brinjal stir fried with sambal and dried prawns, which together give it a most tentalising aroma. It can be found in many Penang household. This dish is particularly tasty when eaten with plain white rice.

Here's our recipe for preparing Sambai Keo. Use the measurements as a guide, and adjust the amounts according to your own preference.

Ingredients

2 large size brinjals - cut in 5cm lengths and quarter
20g dried chilli - cut, soak and drain, discard seeds
1 handful of dried prawns - soak and pound with mortar and pestle
belacan - 2.5cm square with thickness of 1 cm
8-10 shallots
2 cloves of garlic
2 tablespoons of tamarind juice
sugar to taste
50ml cooking oil
2 big onions - sliced to 0.5cm thickness

Steps

Blend chilli, belacan, shallots and garlic.
Heat oil in wok and pan fry the brinjal until soft. Dish out and set aside.
In the same oil, add in the blended paste and stir fry it until the chilli breaks oil.
Add the tamarind juice and sugar to taste.
Add in the pounded dried prawns, and stir fry until fragrant.
Add the sliced onions, stir fry until onion is soft.
Add in the brinjal, stir fry to mix it thoroughly with the chilli paste.
The dish is ready to be served.

Sambai Keo Recipe (10 July 2018)

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