Shrimps Peking

Ingredients list for Shrimps Peking

• 1 cup Shrimps cleaned and deveined
• 2 tablespoons Cornflour/ corn starch
• to deep fry Oil 1 tablespoon +
• 1 Egg
• 1 small Onion finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon Garlic minced
• 1 tablespoon Ginger minced
• 4 cups Chicken stock
• 1 teaspoon Dark soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon Sugar
• to taste Salt
• 1 tablespoon Rice wine vinegar
• 1 medium Red capsicum cut into medium pieces
• 6-7 Water chestnuts

Method

1. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai.
2. Break egg in a bowl and whisk well. Add 1 tablespoon cornflour and mix well.
3. Add salt and mix well. Add prawns and mix well.
4. Deep-fry the prawns in hot oil till crisp and light brown. Drain on absorbent paper.
5. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a non-stick pan, add onion and sauté for a minute. Add garlic and ginger and sauté further.
6. Add remaining cornflour to the stock, mix well and add to the pan.
7. Add soy sauce, sugar and salt and mix well.
8. Add rice wine vinegar and mix well. Add capsicum and mix well.
9. Slice water chestnuts and add to the pan. Mix and cook for 2 minutes.
10. Add fried prawns and mix well.
11. Serve hot.