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Sweet and Sour Prawns

Prawns made absolutely delicious cooked with tomato ketchup and vinegar. This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

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Sweet and Sour Prawns

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Main Ingredients Prawns (medium), Tomato ketchup
Cuisine Fusion
Course Main Course Seafood
Prep Time 21-25 minutes
Cook time 11-15 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Sweet
Level of Cooking Easy
Others Non Veg

Ingredients list for Sweet and Sour Prawns

  • 8-10 Prawns (medium) shelled and deveined with tails intact
  • ¾ cup Tomato ketchup
  • to taste Salt
  • to taste Crushed white peppercorns
  • 1½ teaspoons Red chilli paste
  • to shallow fry Oil 1 tablespoon +
  • 1 tablespoon Cornflour/ corn starch
  • 1 tablespoon Garlic chopped
  • 1 tablespoon Ginger chopped
  • ½ teaspoon Celery chopped
  • 4-5 Spring onion bulbs halved
  • 1 medium Green capsicum cut into small triangles
  • 2½ teaspoons Vinegar
  • for garnishing Spring onion greens chopped, 2 tablespoons +

Method

  1. Put prawns with salt, crushed peppercorns and ½ teaspoon red chilli paste in a bowl, mix and set aside to marinate for 10-15 minutes.
  2. Heat sufficient oil in a non-stick pan to shallow-fry.
  3. Add cornflour to marinated prawns and mix well. Shallow-fry the prawns in hot oil till golden.
  4. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in another non-stick wok. Add garlic, ginger and celery and sauté well.
  5. Add remaining red chilli paste and mix well. Add spring onion bulbs and capsicum and sauté.
  6. Add ¼ cup water, salt, crushed peppercorns and tomato ketchup, mix well and cook till the sauce thickens.
  7. Add fried prawns, mix well. Add vinegar, mix well and cook for 2 minutes.
  8. Switch off heat, add 2 tablespoons spring onion greens and mix well.
  9. Serve hot garnished with spring onion greens.