CHILLI GARLIC PRAWNS RECIPE | PRAWNS MANCHURIAN |
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An awesome Indo-Chinese prawn manchurian recipe which is loaded with flavors yet so simple to prepare it. It is delicious and tasty. It can be served as a starter or as a side dish. Prawn manchurian goes well with all types of fried rice, ghee rice or with noodles.
Prawn manchurian is a spicy dish where crispy fried prawns are coated with manchurian sauce. There are many variations in manchurian recipe with both vegetarian and non vegetarian. You can replace prawn with cauliflower, potato, soya chunks, chicken, etc.,
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RECIPE FOR CHILLI GARLIC PRAWNS
Coarse : Lunch / Dinner – Starter
Cuisine : Indo-chinese
Author : Jayashree Karthik
Prep Time : 15 min
Cook Time : 30 min
Total Time : 45 min
INGREDIENTS
For Marinate
- 2 tbsp corn flour
- 2 tbsp all purpose flour
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 tsp dark soy sauce
- 1/4 tsp black pepper powder
- pinch of salt
- 1 egg
- 1.5 cup prawns – cleaned and de-veined
- oil for shallow frying
For Slurry
- 1 tbsp corn flour
- 1 tbsp water
For Manchurian Sauce
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tbsp garlic – chopped
- 1 tsp ginger – chopped
- 2 green chilli
- 1/4 cup onion
- 1 capsicum – chopped
- 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1/4 tsp vinegar
- 3/4 tsp red chilli sauce
- salt to taste
- less than 1/4 cup water
- handful of spring onions – chopped
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PROCEDURE
- in a mixing bowl, take corn flour, all purpose flour, ginger garlic paste, pinch of salt, pepper powder and soy sauce, mix well
- add egg and whisk well without forming any lumps
- add de-veined prawns to the batter and mix it nicely
- rest for 10 minutes
- heat oil in a pan, add marinated prawns into the hot oil
- fry in low medium flame for few minutes or until it is cooked and curled (it should be cooked on both the sides) then remove the prawns from the pan and set aside
- in another small mixing bowl, make slurry, for this mix corn flour with a tbsp of water and mix it nicely without lumps
- heat oil in a pan
- add chopped garlic, ginger and green chilli
- mix and saute well till the raw smell goes away
- add chopped onions and saute for few minutes, till it turns transparent
- add chopped capsicum and saute well for 30 seconds to 1 minute in medium flame
- now add black pepper powder, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and red chilli sauce
- add 2 tbsp water and slurry mix
- mix everything together and cook for 30 seconds in medium flame
- add fried prawns to the pan
- mix it together and coat the prawns with the sauce and then switch off the flame
- garnish with chopped spring onion
- serve immediately
- delicious ????
NOTES
- dont over cook the prawns orelse it will turn rubbery
- adjust spice level as per your tasty
Prawns Manchurian with Step By Step
Photo Recipe
in a mixing bowl, mix corn flour, all purpose flour, ginger garlic paste, soy sauce, salt and pepper powder
add egg
whisk well
add de-veined prawns
mix well and set for 10 minutes at room temperature
heat oil in a pan
add marinated prawns
shallow fry on both the sides or until it is cooked and curled
remove from the pan and set aside
for slurry, add corn flour in a mixing bowl
add 1 tbsp of water and mix well
heat oil in a pan
add chopped garlic, ginger and green chilli
saute well till the raw smell goes away
add finely chopped onion
saute well
add chopped capsicum
saute well for 30 seconds
add red chilli sauce, salt, soy sauce, pepper powder and vinegar
mix well
add less than 1/4 cup water
add slurry mix
mix well and cook for 30 seconds on medium high flame
add cooked prawns
combine well with the sauce and garnish with chopped spring onions
Prawn Manuchurian / Chilli Garlic Prawn recipe ready to serve