Malaysian Lady Fingers (Okra)

Directions

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

Methods :

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.