Preparation time : 30 minutes + marination time 2 hours
Cooking time : 2 minutes for each batch deep fried
Serves : 3 members
Description
Age no bar for being pampered with food cooked by your mother. I may be busy with food day in and day out but when you get a chance to relish on home made food made your mother, it’s the ultimate. Like wise this prawn fry was served to me on one visit to my parents place. My mom seldom cooks and is not much into cooking, but when she does.. She sure cracks it up. I had to forcefully move the platter of these prawns away from me as it lined my stomach non stop. My dad is a man with simple needs and every thing to him that we need seems to be a waste for sure. When mom brought these prawns from the market , dad was like why so much. I am sure there will be left overs. My mom was signalling all of us in the table to finish it off, when dad took note of it. He started off immediately with his nagging and we all burst out aloud laughing. This is a regular thing that happens at home. I just love the way my dad helps mom to pack all the left overs and makes sure to place it in the refrigerator too. Touch wood, they are true love birds. Coming to the prawns, they had a crisp exterior and a soft, moist inside. Dad was wrong as there were just two pieces of prawns in the plate which I could have easily finished off but just put it away to lessen the calorie in take damage that has already been done. A sure try as even kids will love these prawns. I made sure to take note of the recipe from mom immediately as she is a person who cooks with a little of this and that… The second time you ask her for the same its made in a different way. So let’s all crack up with these prawns as my mom did in her first try .
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Cleaned Prawns with tail | 1/2 kg ( you have to buy 1 kg prawn so when cleaned it gets to 1/2 kg ) |
| Flour / maida | 1 teaspoon |
| White pepper powder | 1 teaspoon |
| Black pepper powder | 1 /2 teaspoon |
| Ginger and garlic paste | 1/4 teaspoon |
| Salt | to taste |
| Red chilly powder | 1/4 teaspoon |
| Vinegar | 1/8 teaspoon |
| Lemon juice | a squeeze |
| Ajinomoto | a pinch ( optional) |
| Egg | 1 |
| Bread crumbs | 1 cup heaped |
| Oil | to deep fry |
Method
- Marinate cleaned prawns with flour, white + black pepper powder’s, ginger and garlic paste, red chilly powder, vinega, lemon juice, salt, egg and ajinomoto for two hours or more.
- Coat the marinated prawns over bread crumbs making sure it’s coated well all around. Do the same to all the prawns.
- Heat oil to deep fry in a heavy bottomed wok . Drop prawns in batches of four to six at a time and deep fry in medium heat for two minutes to crisp and golden.
- Drain and serve hot with dips of your choice .
