Malaysian Recipe − Malaysian Lady Fingers (Okra)

Okra stir-fried with chilies and Malaysian shrimp paste.

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 5 fresh red chili peppers, chopped
• 10 uncooked shrimp - peeled, deveined, and cut in half
• 10 fresh okra pods, sliced diagonally
• 1 teaspoon belacan (Malaysian chili-shrimp paste)
• 2 teaspoons light soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons water

Cooking Directions

1. Heat the vegetable oil in a wok or skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir the garlic until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in the red chilies, shrimp, okra, and belacan, and cook and stir until the chilies begin to soften and the shrimp start to turn opaque and pink, about 2 minutes. Pour in light soy sauce and water, and cook and stir until the okra are tender and sticky, 2 to 4 more minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories96.8
• carbohydrateContent9.2 g
• cholesterolContent38 mg
• fatContent4.1 g
• fiberContent1.9 g
• proteinContent7 g
• saturatedFatContent0.6 g
• sodiumContent204.9 mg
• sugarContent3.6 g