Spiced Butterfly Prawns

Name: Spiced Butterfly Prawns
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 green chillies, roughly chopped; ½ tsp garam masala; pinch of sugar; juice of ½ lemon; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 175 g/6 oz dried breadcrumbs vegetable oil, for shallow frying; 4 king prawns/jumbo shrimp, about 200 g/7 oz in total, or 8 medium prawns/shrimp, about 100 g/3½ oz in total; ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper; 3 garlic cloves, roughly chopped; 1 lemon, cut into wedges, to serve; 1 small onion, roughly chopped; 1 cm/½ inch piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and roughly chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

Mowgli Street Food

By Nisha Katona

Published 2018

About

These prawns make great finger food starters. The marinade is all important as it is what takes them from buffet to banquet. The short fry means they stay moist and full of explosive flavour.

Ingredients

4 king prawns/jumbo shrimp, about 200 g/7 oz in total, or 8 med

Asia
India
Starter
Pescatarian

Method

Shell the prawns and remove the heads, leaving the tails on. Devein the prawns by slicing all the way down the back, but not through, then open them out and wash out the black intestine. Open the prawns out further by slicing into each side of the flesh and unfolding them outwards to make large ovals with the tail at one end. Put the prawns in a dish.
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