Description
Salted Egg Prawn is a dish of quickly deep fried lightly battered prawns dressed in a sauce made with butter and egg yolks spiced with curry leaves.
Ingredients
Scale
- 20 large prawns, shelled and deveined
- 8 pcs cooked salted egg yolks, mashed
- 1–2 sprigs curry leaves
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 2 tbsp butter
- ½ tsp sugar
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- oil
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Season prawns in sugar, salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Combine flour and corn-starch on a large bowl.
- Dip each prawn into the beaten eggs then into the flour mixture. Deep fry in a 180C preheated deep fryer until prawns are cooked and golden brown, this will take around 2 to 3 minutes. Set aside cooked prawns.
- Prepare a wok, add oil then sauté garlic.
- Add the salted egg yolks, prawns, butter and curry leaves, stir fry until fragrant. Toss to completely coat the prawns with the sauce, serve.