Singaporean and Malaysian•healthy
Kangkung Belacan
Kangkung Belacan is a very simple and nutritious vegetable side dish that goes so, so well with just some plain rice. It has a deep and quite often spicy flavour that the rice complements perfectly.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 3 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
3
- 300 g kangkung
- 1 small onion
- 2 clove garlic
- 1 fresh red chilli (more or less, for heat)
- 1 tsp shrimp paste (belacan)
- 1 tbsp dried shrimp (udang kering)
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- salt if needed
Instructions
- 1
Cut the kangkung into equal lengths, separating the harder stalks from the leaves, place on 2 separate plates.
- 2
Place the the onion, garlic, chilli, shrimps and shrimp paste in a chopper and chop to a fairly fine mix.
- 3
Heat oil in a frying pan on medium high heat and fry the ground ingredients until fragrant, about a minute.
- 4
Add the stalks, stir fry for a minute, then add the leaves, give it a quick stir and taste for seasoning, turn stove off. Like spinach, kangkung cooks quickly and is best eaten with a slight crunch as is true for all vegetables!