Thai Style Seafood Tang Hoon

This is an amazing recipe which is ideal for lunch or light dinner. This simple dish can be whipped up in minutes.

Ingredients

1 pc blue flower crab, washed and cleaned, cut into pieces

2pcs squid, washed and cleaned, cut into pieces

8-10 pcs prawns, cleaned, shells intact

2 slices ginger

2 large slices galangal

2 stalks lemongrass, bruised

5 shallots, diced

5 cloves garlic, diced

3 fresh chillies, sliced (leave some for garnish)

100g coriander, cut into batons (leave some for garnish)

2 eggs, beaten with a dash of sesame oil

5 tbsp water

1 tbsp oil

300g tang hoon, soaked in water

1 kaffir lime, cut in wedges



Seasoning

1 tbsp light soya sauce

1 tbsp fish sauce

pinch of salt

1/2 tsp sugar



1. Heat oil in wok and fry ginger, galangal, lemongrass, shallots, garlic and chillies over high heat.

2. When fragrant, add crabs and 2 tbsp water and cook covered for 4-5 minutes or until crabs turn red. Add in prawns and squid, stir fry for a few miutes.

3. Add tang hoon, seasoning, coriander, egg mix and remaining water. Stir and cook covered for 4-5 minutes.

4. Garnish with coriander, chilli and kaffir lime wedges.

5. Serve immediately.

Assam Prawns

Assam prawns is a simple dish to cook and needs only a few ingredients - prawns and assam paste (tamrind pulp). This is one of my favourite seafood dish. Everytime when i'm back in penang, we will pay a visit to fisherman's village and without fail, assam prawns will be on the menu. My dear grandma used to cook this dish but hers is the dry version and slightly burnt..hmmm, can't remember the time she last cooked it. When writing this recipe, an idea came to mind, instead of pan-frying them, i can bbq them! I'm sure it's gonna be as good, yes?? Shall give it a try~


Ingredients

8-10 prawns, leave shell intact
1 1/2 tbsp tamarind pulp
4 tbsp water
1 tsp sugar
pinch of salt
dash of dark soya sauce

1. Mix tamarind pulp with water and extract the juice from the tamarind pulp.
2. Marinate prawns with tamarind paste that has been mixed with water. Add in sugar, salt and dark soya sauce. Leave aside for 20 minutes. Discard the pulp.
3. Heat up a wok and fry prawns till they are cooked.
4. Dish out and serve immediately.