Serve this quick-and-easy, delicious devilled prawns as a side dish with any main meal and you will be surprised how well it enhances the overall taste.
King prawns are best for this dish. Rub a little lemon juice after giving them a good clean up to take that fishy smell away.
Be liberal with diced carrots, quartered green beans, spring onions or leeks to make the dish more healthier . However, the original recipe with chili and bell peppers add a distinct fiery taste that will stimulate anyone’s taste buds instantly.
You will need the following ingredients to make it
| King Prawns – washed, devined, shell removed | 250 g |
| Red, Green,Yellow bell peppers | 1 each cubed |
| Brown sugar | 1/4 tbsp |
| Soy sauce | 1 tbsp or a bit more |
| Fish sauce | 1/2 tbsp (optional) |
| Ginger garlic paste or both grated | 1 tbsp |
| Garlic cloves | 3 |
| Onion | 1 big cubed |
| Turmeric, Chili powder | 1/2 tsp each |
| Salt | 1/4 tsp |
| Oil | 1 tbsp |
| Red food colour powder (Biryani colour) – Optional | two pinches |
| Juice of 1/4 of a lemon |
Let’s Make
Marinate it
- Rub salt, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chili powder, red food colour and lemon juice on prawns
- Keep aside for 20 – 30 mins
Stir fry it
- Heat up oil and stir fry prawns under medium flame until cooked
- Push the cooked prawns to a side of the pan and drop cubed bell peppers, garlic cloves and cubed onion
- Stir fry all together for a few minutes. Do not let the peppers and the onion lose their crunchiness
- Add any other vegetable now
- Stir fry until the veggies are softer
- Add soy sauce, sugar and fish sauce
- Toss a few more pinches of chili flakes or Chinese chili paste at this point if you’d prefer a spicier taste
- Stir fry vigorously under high flame tossing the veggies and prawns together
- Switch off flame and let the pan sit for a few mins allowing all the flavours to blend.
- The prawns are now ready to serve with a bowl of steaming noodles
- Yummy !
