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Ingredients
- 50 g dried shrimp (see Tips)
- 5 - 7 dried chillies, to taste (deseeded if preferred)
- warm water, for soaking
- 30 g vegetable oil
- 120 g fresh grated coconut (see Tips)
- 1 stalk lemongrass, white part only, cut into pieces (2-3 cm)
- 30 g eschalots
- 2 garlic cloves
- ½ tsp ground coriander
- ¼ tsp ground cumin
- ¼ tsp ground fennel seed
- Nutrition
- per 150 g
- Calories
- 2314.3 kJ / 551 kcal
- Protein
- 33.8 g
- Carbohydrates
- 13.5 g
- Fat
- 39 g
- Fibre
- 10 g
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