Prawn/Shrimp Fry

Prawn or shrimp fry is the one which we used to put in the starters list first whenever we go for any restaurants . Later i tried it at home and it came out well with the same taste. Here is the recipe for the hotel style fry

Prawn/Shrimp Fry

Ingredients

• Prawn/Shrimp - 10 to 15
• All purpose flour/maida - 1 tbsp
• Corn starch - 1 tsp
• Salt - 1/4 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Ginger minced - 1/2 tsp
• Garlic minced - 1/2 tsp
• lemon - 1/2
• Oil - to deep fry

Cooking steps

1. Extract 1 tsp of lemon juice from lemon and keep aside
2. Remove head and tail from shrimp and devein the shrimp
3. In a mixing bowl, add maida, corn starch, lemon juice, salt, red chilli powder , minced ginger and garlic paste
4. Stir the mixture well for a minute and make it a thick paste
5. Marinate shrimp with the paste and make sure the shrimps are coated well with the paste
6. Set aside for 10 mins
7. In a frying pan, add oil and let it becomes hot
8. Deep fry the both the sides of shrimp

Notes

• An egg white can be added to the mixture to get more crispy prawn fry.