Udang Lemon Madu (Shrimp with Honey Lemon Sauce)

Summer will be over soon as it started raining heavily these past few days. It’s been a while since my last post of the crispy enoki mushroom, mainly due to the ‘let’s-go-outside-before-summer-ends-and-before-school-starts’ mood. I didn’t get to experiment in the kitchen a lot in those period. But, I’m back, this time I am sharing this classic recipe of Udang Lemon Madu – Shrimp with Honey Lemon Sauce.

Shrimp in itself already has plenty of flavors. However, the honey lemon sauce will enhance it even further. It is sweet, tangy, finger-lickin’ awesome and super-duper easy to make. Udang Lemon Madu or Shrimp with Honey Lemon Sauce is one of my all-time favorites. You can actually grill the shrimp instead of pan-fried like I did in these pictures. Why don’t you give it a try?

Tip: To check if the shrimp has completely cooked, you have to make sure that that the color of the shrimp turns red for a bit. Don’t overcooked it, the shrimp meat will become flaky.

Ingredients:

• 15 large shrimps – cleaned
• 3 cloves garlic – minced
• 1 small-sized onion – roughly chopped
• 1 medium-sized shallot – thinly sliced
• 5 Thai chilis – chopped
• 1 tablespoon corn starch
• 3 tablespoon water
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 tablespoon butter

Sauce

• ½ lemon – we will need the juice
• 7 tablespoon tomato sauce
• 3 tablespoon honey
• 3 tablespoon sweet soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt

Directions:

• In a bowl, mix all of the sauce ingredients. Set it aside.
• In a separate bowl, add water and corn starch to make a corn-starch mixture. Set it aside.
• Heat the oil in a pan under medium heat. Once heated, put garlic, onion, shallot, and Thai chili. Stir until it is fragrant.
• Add shrimps in it and cook until it is a bit reddish.
• Pour the sauce on top of shrimps and cook for another two minutes. Then, add butter and give it a stir.
• Once the butter completely melts, add the corn starch mixture and cook until it is boiling.
• Your dish is now ready to be served and enjoy while it’s hot over steamed rice or just eat it as an appetizer, your choice!