Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Spicy-Salty Tiger Prawns



You may have noticed that there aren't many shellfish recipes on this blog. Fish recipes, yes, but not recipes involving mussels, shrimps/prawns, scallops etc. There's a good reason for that, but it doesn't mean I don't cook them at home. Contrarily to me, K. adores shellfish, so every now and then I try a new recipe. This recipe is an adaptation of Jamie Oliver's, who uses small prawns and eats them with shell and all. I much prefer cooking with large tiger prawns - they look more decent to me. K. wholeheartedly approved, and considering it took about 5 minutes in total, then it's a good recipe indeed :)

Spicy-Salty Tiger Prawns
(Soolased krevetid vürtsidega)
Serves 3 to 4

400 g unpeeled fresh tiger prawns (headless, thoroughly defrosted and drained, if frozen)
2 generous pinches of sea salt flakes
a generous pinch of fennel seeds
a generous pinch of coriander seeds
a generous pinch of cumin seeds
a small pinch of dried chilli flakes

Place fennel, coriander and cumin seeds into a pestle and mortar and bash them couple of times (just enough to crush them, no more).
Heat a large wok or frying pan until very hot, add sea salt flakes, crushed spices and chilli flakes and heat for about half a minute, until they're all aromatic.
Add the tiger prawns and shake the pan, so the spice mixture would cover the prawns nicely. Dry-fry for 2-4 minutes, depending on the size of your prawns, until they've all turned pink with golden brown, indicating that they're cooked.
Peel the prawns while eating them.

5 comments:

ChichaJo said...

This sounds fantastic Pille! Really easy with big flavors!

Jeanne said...

Oh, those prawns look so huge and juicy. Wonderful! Thanks for sharing this :)

Netts Nook said...

They look great can't wait to try Thanks for sharing.

Tracie~MyPetiteMaison said...

Just happened upon your blog... so glad did. We're having your Spicy Salty Tiger Prawns tonight. Thank you for the recipe.

General Viagra said...

thank for share this amazing recipe with us. I really like tiger prawns and It looks delicious in the picture. Keep it up the good work.