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Chili Prawns With Bell Peppers
Shobha Keshwani
This dish is a treat for lovers of spicy Oriental food. You can serve it with steamed rice / fried rice / noodles.
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Prep Time
20
minutes
mins
Cook Time
15
minutes
mins
Total Time
35
minutes
mins
Served As
Dinner
,
Lunch
Recipe Cuisine Type
Chinese
Servings
3
Ingredients
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Prawns ... 250 gms
Bell peppers/capsicums ... red
yellow and green (1/4 cup of each, cut into cubes)
Onion ..... 1 small
cut into cubes
Ginger .... 1 inch piece
jullienned
Garlic ..... 1 tbsp
crushed
Red chillies
fresh... 6 (you can increse or decrease the number as per your taste)
Tomato puree ......... 2 tbsps.
optional, I just add for the rich red colour
Red wine vinegar ..... 1 tbs
Soy sauce ............... 1 tbsp.
Ajinomotto ............ 2-3 pinches
optional, as some people are allergic to it)
Salt
Corn starch
corn flour ...... 1/2 tsp.
Oil ..... sesame or any other
2-3 tbsps
Instructions
. De-vein the prawns, wash them well and set aside. Grind the red chilies with tomato puree and vinegar into a paste.
In a wok, heat the oil and saute the julienned ginger and the crushed garlic.
Add the prawns and saute them until they change the colour to pink.(about 4-5 minutes)
Now add the chilli paste, salt, ajinomotto and soy sauce. Saute for 2 minutes.
Now tip in the cubed onions and bell peppers.
Stir fry until the veggies are just crunchy but not over cooked.
Mix the corn starch in water and stir into the prawns.
Simmer
for half a minute.
Keyword
chili, garlic, prawns, sauce, spicy
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