Prawn Nasi Goreng
/Recipe By Michael Weldon
Ingredients
nasi paste
1 shallot, chopped
1 thumb size piece of ginger
2 garlic cloves
2 birdeye chillies
1 lemon grass stalk, sliced
1 tsp shrimp paste
1 tbs cashew nuts
1/4 tsp nut meg
1/2tsp pepper
1tbs brown sugar
500g chilled cooked rice
12 large prawns tails
2 shallots sliced
2 garlic cloves, sliced
100g green beans cut into batons
1 carrot, julienne
4 spring onions, cut into batons
50g bean shoots
2tbs ketchap manis
garnish
4 fried eggs
shredded cucumber
coriander
toasted peanuts
prawn crackers
limes
Method
Combine all the paste ingredients in a mortar & pestle or blender. Process until the mixture is worked into a paste.
Heat a wok until it begins to smoke add a drizzle of oil and the rice, fry off the rice until the grains a separate. Add the onion, garlic, green beans and nasi paste. Fry for a couple of minutes. Add the prawns, carrot and spring onion, cook until the prawns change colour. Add the bean shoots and ketchup manis, stir through.
Serve the rice with 3 prawns per dish. Top each with a fried egg and garnish with the cucumber, coriander, peanuts, prawn crackers and lime.