80 ml vegetable oil
50 ml tamarind juice (mix tamarind pulp with hot water & strain)
1 tbsp palm sugar (gula melaka)
40 bitter bean or stink bean (petai), peeled
½ kg medium-sized prawns (shelled)
6 tbsp sugar
salt (to taste)
chilli paste ingredients:
10 shallots (peeled)
30 dried chillies (soaked in hot water to soften & drain)
1 tbsp roasted shrimp paste (belacan)
1 cup water