Battered Prawns are tasty fried prawns, made with Indian spices. They are great as an appetiser.
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15/07/2013
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Cooking Time : 15-20 mins
Serves : 6-8
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Ingredients :
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King Prawns- 400g
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Ginger-garlic paste - 2 tsp
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Turmeric powder - 1/8 tsp
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Chilli powder - 1 tsp heaped for medium spicy and 2 tsp for very spicy
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Ground pepper - 1/4 tsp
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Corn flour - 4 tblsp heaped
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Plain flour (Fine wheat flour) - 2 tblsp heaped
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Egg - 1
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Sodium bicarbonate - 1/4 tsp
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Coriander leaves chopped - to garnish
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Cooking oil (sunflower or vegetable oil) - 250ml for deep frying
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Salt - to taste
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Water - as required
Method :
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Chop the coriander leaves.
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Mix together the corn flour, plain flour, egg, turmeric, chilli powder, salt, pepper and ginger-garlic paste.
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Add little water if the above batter is too thick.
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Heat a deep frying pan. Add oil.
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Add 4-5 prawns at a time into the batter.
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Coat the prawns with batter and deep fry them until golden brown.
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Repeat the above 2 steps until all the prawns are fried.
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Garnish with coriander leaves.
Notes : Tail of the prawn can be left to make it look beautiful.
Other Names : Prawn Tempura
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Alternate Ingredients: Rice Flour - 2 tblspn heaped Alternate Method:
You can use rice flour instead of plain flour for more crispiness.
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