Garlic Pepper Prawns

Ingredients:

Prawns- 250gms with tail on

Olive Oil- 2 Tbpsns & a small cube of butter  

Onion- 1 finely chopped

Garlic- 6 to 7 cloves finely chopped or grated

Ginger ½ inch pc- finely chopped or grated

Green Chili- 3 to 4 pcs finely chopped

Black Pepper- 1 Tspn crushed- Use ¼ Tspn of it for garnishing

Salt- As per your taste. Suggest very little

Red Bell pepper- 1 small slit into thin strips
Spring onion- 1 chop them and separate the white and green

Soya Sauce- 1 Tbspn

Tomato Ketchup- 3 to 4 Tspns diluted in water

Chili sauce- any of your choice- 1 Tspn

Vinegar- 1 Tspn

Corn starch- 1 Tbspn

Parsley- fresh- 3 Tbspns chopped ( a Tspn out of this to top on ur final dish)

Rum- 1 Tbspn ( optional- if ur in that mood J)

Method:

In a non-stick heavy bottom vessel & in medium flame, pour olive oil and the butter, toss the onions, garlic & ginger. Once they turn brown, add the green chili, red bell pepper, white of the spring onions & ¾ of the crushed pepper
Add soya sauce/ketchup/chili sauce one after the other followed by the Vinegar. Add the cornstarch, so it will bind and make a thick sauce. Add salt.

You may add little water to maintain the consistency you need.

Add the prawns. Mix well and cook it for a while.  Add the spring onion greens and the parsley.

When done, sprinkle a bit of spring onions and crushed pepper.