UDANG PEDAS NENAS

UDANG PEDAS NENAS


This is a nyonya dishes,a bit sour,sweet . Goes well with a bowl of rice. The recipe have  been with me for a
long time.This is my first time to cook this dishes.My family likes it.

Ingrredients:
500g fresh prawns
1/2 small pineapples,cut in cubes
1 litre water
1 tbsp salt
2 tbsp sugar
3 pcs.dried whole tamarind skin.

FOR rempah paste
50 lengkuas,sliced thinly
1 level tsp turmeric powder
120 shallot peeled
8 fresh red chillies,whole
30g belacan (shrimp paste)

1.Heat some oil in the wok,add rempah paste to stir fry for a min.
2.Add pineapple cubes
3.Add in the tamarind skin and a litres of water( with this recipe you don't need to soak the tamarind)
4.Bring to a boil,first on high flame for 10 min.Once its boiling turn down the heat and simmer for 1/2 an hour.Add sugar and salt to taste.Put in the prawn boil for a few min till the prawns are cooked
5.You can keep this gravy overnight in the fridge as it will be more tasty.The next day bring the mixture to fast boil,simmer for a few min.Then add in the prawns,cook until the prawns are tender.