Thursday, January 26, 2006

Deep Fried Crispy Prawn

DEEP FRIED CRISPY PRAWN

Ingredients:
600g prawn with shells (medium size)
3 stalks spring onion
3 slices ginger

To marinade prawn:
3 stalks spring onion (cut into long length & use knife to flatten it)
3 slices ginger (flatten & get ginger juice)
½ tbsp wine
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp sugar
some pepper powder
½ tbsp corn flour

Crispy batter:
1 rice bowl plain flour (150g) - sieve
3 tbsp potato starch - sieve
2 tsp of doubt action baking powder (or 4 tsp of normal baking powder)

*mix well for the above 3 items, then add:
½ tsp yeast powder
1 or ¾ rice bowl ice cold water (add in water bit by bit & stir gently until even, then add: ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp sugar, 3 tbsp oil

Method:
1. Remove shells and veins from prawn, leaving tail section intact.

2. Wash prawn with 1 tsp salt, ½ tsp sugar, ½ tsp corn flour and 1 tsp Bicarbonate soda.

3. Cut a hole at the centre of the prawn and let the tail go through the hole. Then pat dry and marinade for about 15 minutes.

4. Mix well crispy batter, stir gently to a smooth batter.

5. Dip prawn in batter one by one & deep fry over medium fire until golden brown, remove, drain well & serve.

1 comment:

Sumitha said...

This is a must try for me!