Spicy-battered Chinese style prawns
Have you ever had hot butter cuttlefish from Sri lanka? Well, this is similar in taste but made with prawns instead of cuttlefish. Also, this is NOT deep-fried but baked.
Do you know the trick to making healthy food taste good? Well instead of deep Frying ( which we know that adds extra flavour and unwanted calories) you need to add spices and ginger and garlic or herbs ! you have to add generous amounts of it to compensate for the lack of deep-fried taste.
Serving size : 3
Prep and cook time: 40 min
INGREDIENTS
250G Prawns ( raw and shells off but keep the tails on if you prefer)
1 large onion
3 long green bell peppers ( malu miris)
4 garlic cloves finely chopped
3 tbsp of light-soy sauce
1 tbsp of honey or maple
1.5 tbsp chilli flakes
2 tsp of oyster sauce
Olive oil spray bottle
Thumb size lemon grass slightly chopped
Batter
1 /2 cup of oat flour
1 egg
Pinch of salt
2 tsp of pepper
1/2 tsp of turmeric
METHOD
Make the batter, and dip the prawns in the mixture. Bake the prawns for 20 min at 180c. Make sure to turn them around halfway into baking.
In a skillet, add few sprays of olive oil, add garlic, onions, green chilli or bell pepper.
Sautee until onions are lightly brown; add soy sauce, honey, chilli flakes and sautee for 3 min then cover with a lid and continue to cook for few more min and turn off the heat.
Take prawns out of the oven; add to the onion mixture and cook on high heat for further 5 min !
Thats all ! Taste test .. add salt if needed
