Cooking Time : 25 to 30 mins
Serves : 3
Ingredients:
Prawns - 15 to 20 cleaned
Oil - 1 tsp
Garlic - 1 tblspn chopped finely
Ginger - 1 tblspn chopped finely
Green Chillies - 2 finely chopped
Onion - 1 medium size chopped finely
Capsicum / Bell Pepper - 1 chopped
For Batter:
All Purpose Flour / Maida - ¼ cup
Corn Flour / Corn Starch - ¼ cup
Baking Powder - ½ tsp
Salt to taste
Water - as needed
Oil for Deep Frying
For Sauce:
Tomato Ketchup - 3 tblspn
Soya Sauce - 2 tsp
Vinegar - 1 tsp
Green Chilli Sauce - 1 tblspn
Method:
Mix all the sauce ingredients and set aside.
Take batter ingredients in a bowl, add water slowly and make it into a semi thick batter.
Dip each prawn in batter and fry till golden. It should be crispy. Drain onto some paper towel and set aside.
Now heat oil in a pan, add in garlic, ginger, chillies and onion and fry for a min.
Add in peppers and saute for 3 mins or so.
Add in sauce and cook till it is thick and glossy. Cook for few more mins till it is dried up..
Add in fried prawns and toss well.
Add in spring onions and toss well..Serve
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| take batter ingredients |
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| take flour in a bowl |
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| add in cornflour |
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| add in salt |
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| add in baking powder |
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| mix well |
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| add in water |
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| mix well |
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| Batter done |
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| now it is smooth |
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| Now take all your ingredients |
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| First lets fry the prawns |
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| Dip it in batter |
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| Coat it |
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| drop in oil |
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| Fry till golden and crispy |
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| Drain onto some paper towel |
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| Now make the sauce..take ketchup in a bowl |
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| Add in vinegar |
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| add in soya sauce |
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| add some green chilli sauce..This is optional |
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| mix well and set aside |
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| Now heat some oil in a kadai..Add in ginger, garlic, chillies and onions |
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| add in some salt and sugar |
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| fry lightly |
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| add in chopped capsicum |
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| toss well |
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| pour in sauce |
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| mix well |
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| I wanted to dry up the sauce..So heat it till the sauce is reduced |
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| now it is all dried up |
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| add in prawns |
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| toss well |
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| I had some leftover batter, i took a tblspn of batter, added some water to it and made it thin..Then poured it in |
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| Give a good toss..Now add in spring onion..I didn't have any on hand... |
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| Serve |
Veena
Hi, what is green chilli sauce? Do u buy it ready made or blend green chilli with water to make the sauce?
Aarthi
@Veenai buy it..u can buy it in stores, or use this recipe
https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2015/05/homemade-green-chilli-sauce-recipe.html
Karen Pinto
Hi Aarthi... Was supposed to mk ur prawn biryani recipe which i hv a tried a couple of times n the result is always excellent but i Tried this recipe today.. It turned out to be exactly as per wht u displayed.. Hubby was very pleased.. Thanks again
Anonymous
Thanks Aarthi 🙂 for this amazing recipe... Prepared for dinner as side dish..Everyone at home loved it :-)...Thank you.. Keep up your work...
Raman
Good post