Hot & spicy cucumber

The original recipe uses petai but I used cucumber instead. I am not a big fan of petai but cooking is all about improvising, isn't? =). The final result tasted quite good. I also added lime juice and hence giving the tangy taste to the dish.

Ingredients A (chopped):

100 gm dried prawns (soaked)

10 shallots

6 cloves of garlic

5 red chillies

10 chili padi

Ingredients B:

1 cucumber (300 gm petai from the original recipe)

200 gm prawns (I didn't use this)

50 gm ikan bilis (fried)

Seasoning:

1/2 tbsp sugar

A little salt

1/2 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp water

Lime juice

Method:

1) Deep fry prawns and petai in hot oil separately. Drain well and set aside (This step was omitted because I didn't use prawns).

2) Heat up oil and saute ingredients A.

3) Add in seasoning and prawns to mix well.

4) Add in cucumber, stir fry and mix well.

5) Once the cucumber is half soften, add in the fried ikan bilis and lime juice. Dish out and serve.

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Quite worth a try!