Spiced prawn balls

Name: Spiced prawn balls
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons sugar; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 cm (½ inch) fresh ginger, chopped finely; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 1 tablespoon oil; 750 g (1½ lb) large raw prawns; oil, for deep-frying; 100 g (3¼ oz) sesame seeds; ½ egg white; 1 teaspoon cornflour; 1 teaspoon chopped fresh coriander

Preparation info

Makes
24

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

Finger Food

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

The fried sesame seeds enclosing the tasty prawn mixture will give a strong, distinctive flavour and a lovely golden brown colour to these delicious savoury snacks.

Ingredients

750 g (1½ lb) large raw prawns
1 tablespoon oil

Fish course
Snack
Gluten-free
Pescatarian

Method

Remove the shells from the prawns. Take each prawn and make a shallow cut along the back with a small knife, then carefully pull out the dark vein with the tip of the knife. Pat dry with paper towels.
Put the prawns in a food processor and process to a coarse purée. Transfer to a bowl and add the oil, garlic, ginger, salt, sugar, coriander and cornflour and mix