Udang Balado Recipe in Restaurant Style

Udang balado recipe is one of the many shrimp dish creations besides sweet and sour shrimp, udang saus Padang, and many others. It is popular among people because of its spicy flavor. The key delicacy of this dish lies in the mixture of chili, shallot, garlic, and shrimp taste.

Interestingly, you don’t have to go miles and order udang balado at the restaurant since you can make it at home. To make it even more tasty, use fresh, high-quality Frosala shrimp.

Ingredients for Udang Balado in Restaurant Style

This restaurant style udang balado recipe caters for four servings. The ingredients are as follows:

Main ingredients

• 500 grams of Frosala Tail Gourmet Shrimp

Ground seasoning ingredients

• 5 big red chilies
• 10 curly red chilies
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 6 cloves of shallot
• 1 tomato
• 1 tsp of shrimp paste, grilled

Stir-fry seasoning ingredients

• 6 pieces of kaffir lime leaves, thinly sliced
• 2 pieces of bay leaves
• Sugar
• Salt
• Pepper powder

How to Make Udang Balado in Restaurant Style

Follow these ten steps to make restaurant style udang balado at home:

1. Clean shrimp and marinate in lime or lemon juice for 15 minutes.
2. While the shrimp marinates, boil red chilies, curly chilies, and tomato to make them easier to grind.
3. Heat cooking oil and fry shrimp until cooked. Once done, remove shrimp.
4. To make the seasoning, grind the boiled red chillies, curly chilies, and tomato with garlic, shallot, and shrimp paste until smooth.
5. Heat new cooking oil. Add seasoning, kaffir lime leaves, and bay leaves. Sauté until fragrant.
6. Once the seasoning is porous, add a small amount of water. Stir well.
7. Add salt, sugar, and pepper powder. Stir well.
8. Add the fried shrimp and simmer until the seasoning is absorbed.
9. Adjust the taste accordingly. Once it suits your preference, turn off the heat.
10. Udang balado in restaurant style is ready to be served.

How to Serve

Udang balado in restaurant style can be a flavorful dish to home-cooked lunch or dinner. Enjoy with warm steamed rice to fulfill your carbohydrate needs, and serve with vegetable dishes to fulfill your fiber and vitamin needs. You may also top it with kerupuk (deep-fried cracker) to make it even tastier.

Recipe Variations

You can definitely customize this restaurant style udang balado recipe to your liking. For texture variety, consider adding potatoes. If you want a somewhat stronger and distinct flavor, add bits of petai. For a hotter flavor, add bird's eye chili.

That’s the recipe of udang balado in restaurant style that you can try at home. To make it more delectable, make sure to use Frosala shrimp. All Frosala products have gone through the same-day freezing process in the processing company to maintain its freshness and quality. Order Frosala shrimp today!