This is one of my favourite way to cook prawns or shrimps especially when you are looking for a non saucy or gravy laced prawns. Medium sized prawns work very well for this delicious deep fried prawns recipe. I did not slit the back of my prawns as i wanted them to remain their shape after frying but if you prefer a curly shape prawns you may give little slit on the back of the prawns. It will look beautiful in their own way after all its personal preferences. The combination of three different type of flour lends a crispy and crunchy texture to the prawns. Do not skip the ice water as its important for the texture of the batter.
The dipping sauce lightly sweet and salty which goes really well with the deep fried prawns. The palm sugar balances the saltiness of the fish sauce. You may substitute palm sugar with brown sugar or granulated white sugar. I like my sauce to be spicy thus, i added chopped bird eye chillies which can be replaced with green or red chilly if you are not up to the heat. Serve the deep fried prawns hot with the dipping sauce and enjoy
Ingredients
400g prawn,deveined and cleaned
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup rice flour
1/3 cup corn flour
1/3 tsp salt
Ice water as needed
Oil for deep frying
For The Dipping Sauce
2 bird eye chillies,chopped
4-5 tbsp fish sauce
1/3 tsp palm sugar
Methods
In a bowl, combine all purpose flour,corn flour,rice flour and salt. Stir well and add ice water to form a thick batter.
Heat oil in a frying pan, dunk the cleaned prawn into the batter making sure the prawns are well coated with the batter.
Gently drop in the prawns into the oil. Fry on both sides till golden.
Remove from heat and transfer to a plate lined with kitchen towel to drain excess oil.
For The Dipping Sauce
In a bowl combine fish sauce and palm sugar. Stir till the sugar dissolved. Add chopped bird eye chillies.
Serve with the prawn.
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