A dry dish using fresh Prawns tossed in hot chilli sauce and mildly spiced with black pepper, bell pepper and green chillies. It’s a simple recipe without deep frying or shallow frying the Prawns. So, the oil consumption is very minimum !!

INGREDIENTS :

• Fresh Prawns – 500 gm
• Ginger Garlic Paste – 2 tsp
• Green Chilli – 3 nos, slit
• Celery, finely chopped – 1 tbsp
• Spring Onion, finely chopped – 1 handful
• Red Chilli Power – 1 tsp
• Pepper Powder – 1/2 tsp
• Corn flour – 1 tbsp
• Lemon Juice – 1 tbsp
• Red and Green Bell pepper, cubed – 1 cup
• Onion – 2 nos, cubed
• Chilli Sauce – 1 tbsp or to taste
• Soya Sauce – 1 tbsp or to taste
• Tomato Sauce – 1 tbsp or to taste
• Fish Sauce – 1 tbsp
• Sugar – 1/4 tsp
• Oil – 1 tbsp
• Salt – to taste

METHOD OF COOKING :

• Clean and devein the Prawns.
• Heat oil in a wok, add ginger-garlic paste, green chilli and sauté well.
• Add sliced Onion, Celery and continue sautéing until the onion gets half cook.
• Add cleaned Prawns, Red Chilli Powder, Salt and mix well.
• Increase the flame to high and add Soya Sauce, Tomato Sauce, Fish Sauce, Chilli Sauce and sauté well for 3 to 4 minutes until the Prawns get cook.
• Add Lemon Jiuce, Sugar, sliced Bell Pepper, Pepper Powder and toss well for few seconds. Make sure the Bell Pepper should not over cook.
• Mix the Corn Flour in 50 ml water, add to the Prawns and mix well for few seconds
• Switch off the flame and spread the chopped Spring Onion on top.
• Yummy spicy Chilli Prawns is ready.
• Serve it hot with any kind of Roti, Pulao or Fried Rice.

NOTE :

• Do not overcook the Prawns, it will become rubbery.
• Do not overcook the Bell Peppers, it will loose its color and taste
• Add very less salt or even do not add salt, as all the sauces are already salty.

Recipe No. 417