Pepper Butter Prawns

I love prawns, I just love them… infact I love all seafood but I think prawns the most… the only reason probably I don’t make them too often is that I don’t know to how to de vein them so when I found a shop that which will de vein them for me you can imagine my happiness 😀 prawns very duly bought and when I started thinking what to make out of them I remembered the lovely butter pepper prawns I had eaten in a restaurant long back… so long back that I don’t even remember where I eat them but still if I close my eyes I can feel the taste in my mouth… my tongue automatically does a round in my mouth and I kind of start drooling… a little bit of butter, a little bit of curry leaves,some garlic, a whole lot of pepper, a little tang for lemon or may be vinegar…  yummmm…. so I decided to give it a attempt at that..

I think what I got was pretty close to the dish that I eat there and I am mighty proud that I managed to recreate a dish just by tasting it

What I used

• Prawns shelled and de veined  500gms
• Butter – 1-2 tablespoon
• Curry leaves 8-10
• Garlic –  3 cloves
• Ground Pepper – 1 – 2 tsp or as much as u can handle
• Soya Sauce  1/2 tsp
• Vinegar – 1 tsp
• Turmeric a pinch
• Salt to taste

How I made it

• Wash the prawns well and boil them in hot water. The way I boil prawns is simple… boil a lot of water and put the prawns in it and reduce the heat, cover it and cook it for about 6 minutes till they start floating on top and turn white and opaque in color. Mid way add some salt to it so that it gets absorbed in the prawns.
• Drain from water and keep aside
• In a wok or pan heat butter while heating add a couple of drops of oil to it to prevent burning
• Add the garlic to it and roast for one minute. After one minute add the curry leaves and smell the lovely aroma
• Add turmeric, pepper to it and mix. Now add the soya and vinegar to it.
• Add the prawns at this stage and sautee for about 2-3 minutes
• Serve hot

Everyone in the house loved the dish, it had this lovely balance of Indian and Chinese to it… I have made it multiple times afterwards and everytime I it has been a hit… a super hit… I hope u guys enjoy it too

So did u check out what my fellow marathon buddies have been cooking  – Srivalli,  Jayashree , PJ, Revathi, Priya,  Priya Vasu and Azeema