Ginger prawns with peanut dip
- Ready In:
- 42mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
-
16 prawns
ingredients
- 16 prawns, headless
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon ginger paste
- 1 teaspoon green chili paste
- 3 tablespoons oil
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For peanut dip
- 1 cup roasted peanuts
- 1⁄4 medium onion
- 2 inches ginger
- 1 teaspoon cumin seed
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 2 red chilies, whole
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon tamarind paste
- salt
- 1⁄2 cup coconut milk
directions
- De-vein prawns and remove shells.
- Keep the tails.
- The next thing to do is to apply salt, lemon juice, ginger and green chilli paste.
- Keep aside for 15 minutes.
- Heat oil in a shallow frying pan.
- Cook marinated prawns for 2 minutes.
- (Hint: Do not over cook prawns as they tend to become tough and rubber like).
- Keep aside.
- Now prepare the peanut dip.
- For this, dry roast the cumin seeds, mustard seeds and whole chillies first.
- Using half a cup of water, grind these to a fine paste.
- Peel, wash and finely chop onion and garlic.
- Then, heat oil in a pan.
- Add ginger and onion.
- Saute till onions become soft and change colour slightly.
- Add peanut paste.
- Cook on medium flame for a minute.
- Dissolve tamarind paste in a little water and add that.
- Cook for a few minutes.
- Add salt.
- Mix well.
- Stir in coconut milk.
- Simmer for 5 minutes.
- Serve along side sauteed prawns!
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