Malaysian Food - Easy Buttered Prawns Recipe / Resepi Butter Prawns Mudah

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The Buttered Prawns recipe brings out the best of the Malaysian cuisine. The success of this Butter Prawns dish is in the flick of the hand when you do the egg floss, which needs some practicing!!! 

TIPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL EGG FLOSS:

1. The oil/butter must be HOT
2. Start stirring vigorously BEFORE you pour in the egg yolks
3. When you pour the egg yolks, pour SLOWLY and in THIN stream
4. When the oil started to foam for 2/3 minutes, switch OFF the stove, so the color of the floss is butter yellow instead of brown

Hope you enjoy making this simple yet delicious Butter Prawns

Malaysian Food - Easy Butter Prawns Recipe 

Ingredients

300 g of big-sized prawns - Remove the antennae, legs, tip of the head and tail

3 egg yolks – beaten

2 sprigs of curry leaves

2 garlic – sliced

3 bird’s eye chilies – sliced

2 tbsp of butter or margarine

3-4 tbsp of milk or cream (if preferred)

Salt to taste

A pinch of sugar

½ cup of Oil

Directions

Preparing the egg floss

1. Heat the butter/margarine with the oil
2. With the right hand holding the ladle, swirl the oil quickly in one direction. With the left hand, from a height of about 30 cm, pour the egg yolks slowly
3. Continue swirling until the oil is foamy and the egg looks crispy. Remove from heat and place it in a sieve. Press the egg floss to remove excess oil

Directions for the prawn

1. Heat the oil, sauté garlic, curry leaves and the bird’s eye chilies. Add in the prawns and salt to taste and add in the milk
2. Fry the prawns until they are cooked.  Dish the prawns on to a plate Sprinkle some sugar on the egg floss and mix well, then garnish the prawns with the egg floss