Maharashtra x Hong Kong

Thecha prawn toast

Name: Thecha prawn toast
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: 250 g peeled and deveined prawns (shrimp); 6 slices a day old white bread; 5 green chilli; 6 cloves garlic; 2 tbsp peanuts; 1 white egg white; 1 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch); 2 finely chopped spring onion (green onion, scallion); 1 tsp grated ginger; 3 tbsp sesame seeds; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for shallow frying, about 50 g absorbed; 3 tbsp mayonnaise; 2 tsp lemon juice; Salt, to taste

Dim sum prawn toast, now with a fiery Kolhapuri style kick. Handle with care, eat with speed.

35 minTime

14 gProtein each

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334kcalsame

14 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

35minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Prawns (shrimp)250 g, peeled and deveined

White bread6 slices, a day old

Green chilli5

Garlic6 cloves

Peanuts2 tbsp

Egg white1 white

Cornflour (cornstarch)1 tbsp

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2, finely chopped

Ginger1 tsp, grated

Sesame seeds3 tbsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for shallow frying, about 50 g absorbed

Mayonnaise3 tbsp

Lemon juice2 tsp

Saltto taste

Method

5 steps

1Dry roast the green chillies and garlic in a pan on medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes, then add the peanuts for 1 minute. Pound coarsely with a pinch of salt.
2Pulse the prawns with the egg white, cornflour, ginger, spring onion, 1 tbsp thecha and salt to a coarse paste.
3Cut the crusts off the bread. Spread the paste thickly to the edges and press the topped side into the sesame. Cut into triangles.
4Heat 1 cm oil in a pan on medium heat. Fry paste side down for 2 minutes, then flip for 1 minute, until golden and the prawn is opaque right through.
5Mix 1 tsp thecha into the mayonnaise with the lemon. Serve the toasts hot with the dip.

Serve it like this

Stand the triangles in a staggered row on a long plate, sesame side up. Put the thecha mayo in a small bowl and scatter spring onion over the toasts.

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