Malaysian Lady Fingers (Okra)

Description

Okra stir-fried with chilies and Malaysian shrimp paste.

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 5 cloves garlic, minced
  • 5 fresh red chili peppers, chopped
  • 10 uncooked shrimp – peeled, deveined, and cut in half
  • 10 fresh okra pods, sliced diagonally
  • 1 teaspoon belacan (Malaysian chili-shrimp paste)
  • 2 teaspoons light soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons water

Instructions

  1. Heat the vegetable oil in a wok or skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir the garlic until fragrant
  2. about 1 minute. Stir in the red chilies
  3. shrimp
  4. okra
  5. and belacan
  6. and cook and stir until the chilies begin to soften and the shrimp start to turn opaque and pink
  7. about 2 minutes. Pour in light soy sauce and water
  8. and cook and stir until the okra are tender and sticky
  9. 2 to 4 more minutes.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 30 mins

Servings: 4

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