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 ☺)

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.