Udang balado

Udang balado or sambal goreng udang is a hot and spicy shrimp dish commonly found in Indonesian cuisine. It is made of shrimp, either peeled or unpeeled, stir-fried in hot and spicy sambal paste in a small amount of cooking oil.

Ingredients
The bumbu (spice mixture) used in sambal shrimp includes shallot, garlic, candlenut, ginger, shrimp paste, turmeric, galangal, and red chili pepper; all mixed and ground with salt and water. Additionally, bruised lemongrass, daun salam (Indonesian bayleaf), and citrus leaf are then added and stir-fried in cooking oil (usually palm or coconut oil) until the spice mixture releases its aroma. The cleaned shrimps, either with or without the peel, are stir-fried together until they are cooked. Additional ingredient might be added, such as green beans and quail eggs, fried diced potato, tofu, or green stinky beans.

Variants
Shrimp cooked in sambal chili paste is quite common in various cooking traditions of Indonesia; from Minangkabau (Padang) to Malay, Sundanese, Javanese, Balinese and Manado. In Minangkabau tradition it is known as balado udang and considered as one variant of the spicy balado dishes.