Fried prawns with water spinach

Name: Fried prawns with water spinach
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 10 raw shrimps (about 400 g; without head, with shell); 1 spring onion; 2 red chillies; 2 Garlic cloves; 1 piece(s) (approx. 10 g) Ginger; 50 g Tamarind pulp; 50 ml + 2 Tsp fish sauce; 50 g + 1 pinch of sugar; 250 g Water spinach (alternatively young leaf spinach); 2 TEASPOONS Oil; 2 TEASPOONS Oyster sauce; 2 TABLESPOONS Roasted onions

AUTHOR
Cassandra Brock

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
40 mins

TOTAL TIME
40 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 2

10 raw shrimps (about 400 g; without head, with shell)
1 spring onion
2 red chillies
2 Garlic cloves
1 piece(s) (approx. 10 g) Ginger
50 g Tamarind pulp
50 ml + 2 Tsp fish sauce
50 g + 1 pinch of sugar
250 g Water spinach (alternatively young leaf spinach)
2 TEASPOONS Oil
2 TEASPOONS Oyster sauce
2 TABLESPOONS Roasted onions

Directions

1
Peel prawns, except for the tail fins. Cut into the back and remove the dark gut. Rinse shrimps and pat dry.
2
Clean, wash and chop the spring onion. Carve the chilli lengthwise, remove seeds, wash, dab dry and chop finely. Peel 1 clove of garlic and ginger, also chop.
3
For the sauce, dissolve tamarind pulp in 150 ml hot water, then pass through a sieve. Mix with 50 ml fish sauce, 50 g sugar and half the chilli.
4
Sort the spinach, wash well and drain. Peel the rest of the garlic and cut into fine slices. Heat 1 tsp. oil in a frying pan. Fry the garlic slices and spinach for about 2 minutes.
5
Stir in the oyster sauce, 2 teaspoons of fish sauce and 1 pinch of sugar and cook over medium heat for about 4 minutes.
6
In the meantime heat 1 teaspoon of oil in a second pan. Sauté the spring onion, the rest of the chilli, chopped garlic and ginger over medium heat. Add the prawns and fry them for about 2 minutes, turning them over.
7
Add tamarind sauce to the prawns and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
8
Arrange spinach with prawns on plates. Sprinkle with fried onions. Basmati rice tastes good with it.