Chilli Garlic Pepper Prawn

Name: Chilli Garlic Pepper Prawn
Prep time: 40m
Cook time: 15m
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Indian

Flavourful, not overtly oily and yet, rich in taste

Ishita B.Saha

Cuisine:Indian

Cook time:15m

Prep time:40m

Servings:2

1 kg prawns, large sized, de-shelled and deveined (I got 7 pieces for a kilogram and used fresh prawns)

1 tbsp soya sauce

1 tsp white vinegar

1/2 tsp black pepper, powdered

1/4 tsp black pepper, crushed roughly

4 pods garlic, peeled and chopped into fine pieces

2 green chillies, chopped into fine pieces

1/2 cup spring onions, the green stalk finely chopped

1 tbsp cornflour

1 tbsp white flour

2 tbsp white oil

Salt as required

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Ingredient Substitution Guide

Marinate the prawns for 30 minutes in an equal mix of soya sauce, vinegar, black pepper powder, cornflour, white flour, salt and very little water.

Add oil in a heated wok. Once the oil heats up, add the chopped green chillies and garlic. Add the marinated prawns and stir-fry over a high flame for 5 minutes. Cover with a lid and let the prawns cook over a low flame for a further 10 minutes. Do not overcook, or else they turn chewy.

Garnish with freshly chopped green stalks of the spring onion.

Sprinkle the crushed black pepper on top.

Serve hot.

Ishita B.Saha

The writer is the author of the culinary travel blog ishitaunblogged.com. She is currently based in Chennai, and has been a Dubai resident for two decades.