Fried Prawns

This is a quick and easy starter if you are having friends over. The fried prawns will go very well with beer or chilled white wine.

Ingredients:

1 Kilo raw peeled prawns

½ teaspoon red chilli powder

½ teaspoon turmeric

½ teaspoon cracked black pepper

2 tablespoon rice flour

1 egg

salt to taste

oil to shallow fry

Preparation time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 10 mins

Mix the rice flour, red chilli powder, black pepper and turmeric in a plate. Add some salt to taste.

Beat 1 egg and set aside.

Heat enough oil in a pan to shallow fry the prawns

Dip the prawns one by one in the egg first and then in the rice flour mixture and shallow fry until pink. Squeeze some lemon juice on the prawns and serve hot with some sweet chilli sauce.