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sweet and sour prawns stir fry recipe

Sweet and Sour Prawns Stir Fry Recipe

Anita Rodrigues
Tender juicy fried shrimp tossed in a delicious sweet and sour sauce with vegetables.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 persons

Ingredients
  

  • 12 to 15 Prawns, cleaned and deveined
  • 4 tbsp Cornflour
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 tsp Salt to taste
  • 1 Cucumber, de-seeded and cut into big cubes
  • 1 Red or yellow Bell pepper chuck into big pieces.

Sweet and Sour Sauce Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp Tomato Ketchup
  • 2 tbsp Red Chilli Sauce
  • ½ tsp Soy Sauce
  • 2 tbsp Vinegar
  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • ½ tsp Salt to taste

Instructions
 

How to make Sweet and Sour Prawns

  • Marinate prawns with egg, salt and cornflour and then deep fry them and set aside.
  • In the same wok or pan, remove all the oil and retain only a teaspoon if you like.
  • Add in the tomato ketchup and red chilli sauce. Stir fry for 30 seconds on medium heat and add salt, sugar and 1/4 cup of cornflour slurry. To make the cornflour slurry, dissolve a teaspoon of cornstarch into 1/4 cup of water.
  • Add Soy sauce, vinegar and stir on a medium to low flame
  • Add water, approximately 1/4 cup depending on how thick or thin you want the sauce to be.
  • Add the cut vegetables and let them simmer in the sweet and sour sauce for 1 to 2 minutes.
  • Finally, drop in the fried prawn and toss them well in the sauce along with the vegetables till they are well coated and then switch off the flame.
  • Sweet and Sour Prawns Stir Fry gets done in minutes.

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Notes

  1.  Double fry the prawn for a crispy coating.
  2.  Adjust sauce ingredients to suit your taste.
  3.  Serve hot with rice or noodles.
Keyword Sweet and Sour Prawns Recipe