Mummy Ping’s Sambal prawns & green beans - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 500g green beans, trimmed and halved on the diagonal
• 1kg raw, shelled king prawns (defrost if frozen)
• 200ml vegetable oil
• 100g tamarind paste, or juice 3 limes, see tip below left
• 2 tbsp chicken stock powder
• 3 tbsp golden caster sugar
• 20 small dried red chillies
• 16 lemongrass stalks, tender parts only
• 450g shallots, roughly chopped
• 50g candlenuts or macadamia nuts, roughly chopped
• 1 tsp shrimp paste
• 4 tbsp vegetable oil