Ingredients

• 1/2 cup - prawns
• 4 to 5 - squids, cut into rings
• 2 - lemon grass, crushed
• 800 ml - coconut milk (semi thickness)
• 1 tsp - salt (or more than 1 tsp)
• Vegetables:
• 1 cup - cauliflower
• 1/2 - carrot, cut into semi-circle
• 5 - long beans, cut into 2 cm
• 5 to 6 - ladies finger/okra, cut into 2 cm
• 1 - eggplant, halve and cut into 2 cm
• To be made into a paste/ground:
• 7 - dried chillies, soaked in water
• 1 - fresh red chilli
• 6 to 7 - large shallots
• 2 nips - garlic
• 1.5 inch - ginger
• 1.5 inch - fresh turmeric (kunyit basah)
• 1 - turmeric leaf, cut into small pieces

How to Make Lemak Sayur Nyonya

• Heat enough oil in wok. Stir fry the paste until fragrant.
• Add in lemon grass, prawns and squids.
• Cook until prawns turn pink.
• Add in the vegetables, with 1 cup of water. Simmer gently.
• Add in 650 ml of coconut milk and stir.
• Simmer gently, until vegetables cook and gravy thickens.
• Finally add in the balance 150 ml of coconut milk.
• Once one or two bubbles appear, remove from fire.
• Dish out.