To blend:
100g red chillies
50g dried chillies (blend into paste)
50g onion
50g garlic
20g ginger
60g belacan
20g buah keras (candlenut)
50g lemon grass
50ml assam jawa juice
100g onion (sliced)
60g sugar
salt to taste
Recipe
CLEAN the prawns and marinate with 1 tbsp of sugar for 10 minutes. Heat pan and add some oil. Saute all the blended ingredients. Add assam jawa juice and seasoning. Add prawns and simmer until cooked. Serve with hot rice.
Tips from Rozina Bakar, assistant PR manager:
Take your dried red chillies to dry every now and then. Cut and fry (without oil). Just before grounding or blending, soak to soften.
Don't keep dried chillies together with stem in the fridge. They will rot faster.