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Okras with Prawn Sambal Paste

Although some people are put off by this

vegetable called Okra ( which is often known 

as ladies fingers or bendi”, okra is indeed a

healthy vegetable that one should not

missed at all.

 

 

What is Okra and Constipation

Okra resembles the shape of a lady’s finger,

which I must admit, it looked alike a witch

finger to me!

 

Do not be bothered with the stripy pointy

vegetable because when you cut the top and

the tip off, you will notice a slimy mucus

starts to ooze from the okra.

 

This slimy mucus may look and feel yucky

but you will need this mucus to help your

constipation.

 

This mucus ooze from the membrane that

you had cut off from the okra content.

 

When you consume the okra and the slimy

mucus, it helps to soften your waste, smooth 

the waste with the natural mucus, develop a

soft and easy to pass stool.

 

This mucus is much better than taking

Paraffin solution that helps to soften

your harden stool.

 

 

Hence, if you or your child has bad

constipation, you should consume okra

often to end your constipation problem

naturally.

 

 

Sambal Paste

 

Sambal paste makes a great combination

with okra and prawns or shrimps.

 

Sambal is the Malaysian signature

ingredients to spice up local recipes.

It is usually added into fish, meats, poultry,

vegetables or just the sambal paste itself as

a side dish.

 

Sambal paste is a combination of pounded or 

grind shallots, garlic, lemongrass, galangal,

red hot chillies and tamarind juice plus

belacan ( shrimp paste that smell awful).

 

In the olden days, we used to have a mortar

and pestle to pound these ingredients

together which was a chore and back aching

too.

Numerous of times, the spicy paste would

jumped my face or eyes which caused a lot

of misery.

 

Hence, get a food processor to speed up the

phase and to avoid a big mess in your

kitchen or your face.

 

The level of spiciness of your sambal paste

depends on how much chilli paste or red

chillies you had added into the pounded

ingredients.

 

Some people would add in the red chillies

with seeds ( extra spicy) or remove the

seeds, just add in the red chillies with sugar

to lessen the spiciness level.

 

 

Okra with Sambal Prawn is a delicious and

spicy dish if you can take on the spiciness

level.

 

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You can add in shrimps or large tiger

prawns, depending which seafood is

available.

 

Alternatively, you can add in squids or fish

cakes instead.

 

However, sambal paste always goes well

with prawns especially in stir fried okras.

 

 

How to choose okra

 

When choosing okras, always look out for

 

-Bright dark green okras

– Use your finger tips to press into the skin of

the okras.

– Okra is fresh if penetrates quickly, feeling

soft and bounce back,

Okra is old if hard to penetrate and feeling

hard like a carrot

– Big or small okra does not matter.

Avoid okra top and tip that had turned

brown in color

Avoid black and brown spots or blemish

okras

 

How to cook Okra with Prawn Sambal

paste

 

Ingredients

– 200g large tiger prawns- remove shells,

heads and tails, marinate with a little salt

– 1 packet okras- washed, cut off top and

tails, cut into halves

– 3 candle nuts

6 red chillies-remove seeds

1/4 belacan cube or granule powder-1 tsp

– 4 shallots- peeled and sliced

2 tsp tamarind juice

– 2 garlic-peeled and chopped

Salt and sugar to taste

 

 

Method

1. Pound or blend candle nuts, red chillies,

belacan, shallots and garlic together.

2. Heat up wok with 2 tbsp of oil

3. Saute 1 tsp of chopped garlic with okras

for 5 minutes

4. Add in prawns until semi cooked

5. Add in the pounded spice paste until

fragrant. Keep low fire. Don’t burn it.

6. Add in tamarind juice and sugar, salt as

according to your preference.

7. Add a little water if it is too dry.

8. Turn off heat.

9. Serve hot with white rice

 

 

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    • I've never liked the taste of cooked okra. My mother used to fix it a lot when I was a kid, and I hated it.

      The only kind of okra that I will eat is if it is fried and tastes crunchy. It can be rolled in a cornmeal mixture, then fried in olive oil, or maybe even coconut oil. I'll even eat okra that has been roasted in the oven, but it can't be slimy at all, or else I won't eat it.

      I've never heard of it being prepared in the way you described, but if I liked okra I would try it your way :)

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