MALAYSIAN LADY FINGERS (OKRA)

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Okra stir-fried with chilies and Malaysian shrimp paste.

Provided by dkny919

Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Malaysian

Time 30m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 8

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

Steps:

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

Nutrition Facts : Calories 96.8 calories, Carbohydrate 9.2 g, Cholesterol 38 mg, Fat 4.1 g, Fiber 1.9 g, Protein 7 g, SaturatedFat 0.6 g, Sodium 204.9 mg, Sugar 3.6 g