Prawn- Butter Prawn

This is one of my favorite dishes. This is the kinda wet kind of butter prawn. There's another type which is dry and crispy. I would attempt that another day.


Ingredients:

1kg Prawns (approx)
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 egg
5 - 7 tbsp flour

Sauce:

2/3 cup cream/milk
2 tbsp butter
3 tbsp curry leaves
2 tbsp diced chilli (deseeded)
2 tbsp diced corriander
5 tbsp sugar (approx)
3 tbsp of cornflour (approx)
pinch of salt and pepper

Preparation Methods:

I would have deshelled the prawns but in this dish i didn't. Marinade prawn with soy sauce, pinch of salt and pepper for half an hour. Add egg and flour to marinated prawns. Deep fry till cooked.

In a separate pan, heat butter with medium heat. Add curry leaves and fry till fragrant. Add rest of the ingredients and boil till the sauce is thick. Add prawns in and stir for another 2 minutes.

p/s Ideal milk can be used instead of sugar. I would say put two or three tablespoon. Again taste taste and taste the sauce. All the recipes i provide are close approximations. I never really measure the amount of ingredients I put in.

Prawn - Prawn Sambal

I started wanting to make a nasi lemak. But then decided to change plans due to the fact that I did not have cucumber, ikan bilis and peanuts. I enjoyed this quite a fair bit. Reminds me of Madam Kwan's nasi bojari.....


Ingredients:

20 prawns
2 large onion (sliced in rings)
1 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp tamarind paste
1 tsp black soy sauce
1 tsp salt
1 tsp fish oil

blend:
20 dried chilies
3 fresh chilies
1 small piece of belachan
2 lemongrass
1 tbsp coriander (not necessary)
8 cloves of garlic
8 shallots
2 tablespoon of oil
1/2 cup of water (or more depending on you own liking)

Preparation methods:

Heat a pan with oil and fry onions till soft. Add in blended ingredients and simmer in medium heat. Add the rest of the ingredients for seasoning and cook for 5 minutes or longer till the sambal gets the consistency you like.

Reheat the pan and fry prawns till cooked. Usually 3 to 5 minutes a side. Add in sambal that was made before and heat for another 5 minutes.

p/s I did not have raw papaya here. Would have cut them in slices and replace 1 sliced onion. I'm sure it would taste much better.