Deep Fried Prawns

Since I had these ingredients in my fridge, I decided to try these deep fried prawns.  Thumbs up from my daughter.

Ingredients

Some big prawns (cleaned and make a slit at the back)
Some fish paste and minced pork
Some tapioca flour


1)    Add pepper, a bit of salt and a dash of sesame oil to the fish paste and minced pork.
       Stir them together with a pair of chopsticks until well combined.
2)   Take some of mixed meat and stuff it onto the back of the prawns.
3)   Coat them with some tapioca flour (shake off excess) and deep fry until golden.

Assam Flavoured Prawns

Another suggestion of cooking prawns from friend Jo. They are yummy too.

Ingredients

7 big prawns - washed and deveined
1 heapful of tamarind paste (assam ko) mix with 1/4 cup water  -   Mix together & add in
                                                                                                     2 tabsp of  sugar                                              

2 tabsp of tomato sauce
2 tabsp of chilli sauce
Lea & Perrin sauce - a few dash
1 tsp sugar (to taste)

Method

1)      Marinate the prawns in the tamarind liquid  for at least a few hours.
2)      Take out the prawns and sieve the tamarind mixture. Set aside.
3)      Heat up the pan and put in some oil.  Pan fry the prawns until cooked on both sides.  Dish out.
4)      Using the same oil, put in the tomato sauce, chilli sauce and sugar and stir for a while on low fire.
          Pour in the tamarind mixture.  Add in the prawns and a few dash of  the Lea & Perrin sauce.
          Stir for a while and they are ready.

Easy and Yummy Prawns

At last I have the photo taken. This post has been in the draft folder for quite some time and I can't post it  because I do not have a photo of the dish.  My daughter happened to have taken my camera when I cooked this yummy prawns 2 months ago and I have to wait until last Sunday when I cooked this dish again.  My boss's wife taught me how to cook this prawn dish and I cannot agree more that it is simple and delicious. The ingredients are simple.  There is no exact recipe but an estimate only of the ingredients.

Some big prawns
3 tabsp of plum sauce       )
3 tabsp oyster sauce         )   mix together
1 tabsp of chilli sauce       )
2 tabsp of tomato sauce   )

1 big onion -  cut

1 tabsp. garlic - diced
1 tabsp of ginger - cut into strips

2 tabsp of dried shrimps, washed and fried (optional)

For decoration

1 fresh chilli - cut into strips
spring onion -  cut

Method

1)    Heat the wok and put in some oil.  Put in the prawns fry them until they turn pink.  Dish out.
2)   Heat 2 tabsp. of oil in the wok.  Put in then ginger first for about 2 mins, followed by the garlic and the
      big onions.   Fry for a few mins.
3)  Pour in the mixed sauce and mix together.   Now add in the prawns and stir them until the sauce sticks to
     to the prawns and cook until done.  No need to add water. 
     Yum!