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King Prawn Curry

King Prawn Curry

Taking advantage of the 3 for 2 offer on the Fish counter meant we had a pack of King Prawns. There had to be a Curry in there somewhere?

Ingredients:-

200g of Raw King Prawns
1 Tbsp of Oil
½ Tsp of Mustard Seeds
½ Tsp Black Onion Seeds
1 Onion, sliced
2 Cloves of Garlic, finely sliced
1 Tbsp of grated Ginger
¼ Tsp of Chilli Powder
¼ Tsp of Ground Coriander
½ Tsp of Turmeric
1 tin of chopped Tomatoes
1 Tsp of Tamarind Concentrate
Juice of a Lemon
50ml of Water
A pinch of Sugar
½ Tsp of Fenugreek
A pinch of Salt

Method:-

(1) Marinade the King Prawns in Oil, Chilli Powder, Black Pepper & Lemon Juice.
(2) Heat a large frying pan or Wok to a high heat. Add a little Oil then fry the Mustard Seeds, Black Onion  Seeds, and Fenugreek.
(3) Add the Onion and fry for a few minutes.
(4) Add the Ginger and Garlic and fry until fragrant.
(5) Add Chilli Powder, Ground Coriander and Turmeric. Stir in until the Onions are coated.
(6)Pour in the Water, Tomatoes, Tamarind and bring to the boil.
(7) Season with a pinch of Salt and a pinch of Sugar.
(8) Turn down and simmer.
(9) In a separate pan fry the King  Prawns until cooked through.
(10) Stir the King Prawns into the sauce.
(11) Serve over boiled Rice and garnish with chopped Coriander.

We had ours with a Coriander and Mint Raita, Lime Pickle, Relish and a few fresh made Poppadoms.

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Our Ultimate Sweet & Sour Chicken Balls

I say ultimate because you’ll never get anything like these in your friendly Chinese! We adopted an American technique and marinaded the Chicken breasts cubes in Buttermilk. It soaks in really well and tenderises the meat. We also bought some Mono-Sodium Glutamate from the local Chinese supermarket, which added a real (not so authentic) Chinese style.

Ingredients for the Chicken Balls:-

2 Chicken breasts, cut into cubes
450ml of Buttermilk
1/8 of a teaspoon of Mono-Sodium Glutamate
Garlic Salt
Onion Salt

Batter:-

2 Eggs
Plain Flour (Gluten free for us)
Soda Water
Garlic Salt
Turmeric

Additional flour
1 Egg, battered for an Egg wash

Method:-

(1) Add add the marinade ingredients to a bowl and mix well.
(2) Stir in the Chicken cubes and cover.
(3) Allow to marinade in the fridge for 30 minutes.
(4) Mix the batter ingredients to form a reasonably sticky batter.
(5) Remove the Chicken in small batches and dredge in Flour.
(6) Dunk in the Egg wash and then Flour again.
(7) Preheat a deep fat fryer to 180c.
(8) dip eat piece of Chicken in the batter mix and fry in small batches making sure they don’t stick together.
(9) When they float and are browned, remove and drain on kitchen paper.

We used Sue’s Sweet and Sour sauce recipe and just served over boiled Rice with a sprinkling of sliced Spring Onions.

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