Butter Fried Scampi

Chef	:	Aditya Bal
Recipe Cook Time	:	1 Hour
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Prawns flavoured with a homemade spice paste and baked in butter with a generous squeeze of lime.

Ingredients

• For berry burry masala:
  
  2 onions julienned
    
  12 cloves of garlic
    
  1 stick of cinnamon
    
  1 1/2 tsp cumin
  
  1 1/2 tsp pepper corns
    
  1 1/2 tsp coriander seeds
    
  1 star anise
    
  2 cloves
    
  1/2 tsp fennel seeds
    
  Salt to flavor
    
  1 tsp chili powder
    
  1 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
    
  1 cup red wine vinegar
    
  3 Tbsp sugar
  
  50 ml oil
  
  
  For the butter fried scampi:
  
  4 tiger prawns
  
  Berry berry masala
  
  4 dollop of butter
  
  1 lemon squeezed
  
  Handful coriander leaves chopped

Method

For berry burry masala:

Add onion and garlic to a pre-heated pan. Then add red chillies, cinnamon, cumin, pepper corns, coriander seeds, star anise, cloves & fennel seeds and saute the spices.

Add salt and roast it all together. 

Transfer the mixture into a blender and add turmeric & chili powder

Drizzle red wine vinegar, sugar and 3 Tbsp of oil and grind it all together.

Take out the paste in a bowl.


For butter fried scampi:

Cut the tiger prawns from the middle and take out the tail end.

Cut the back shell, remove the intestine and expose the flesh.

Flavour the prawns with berry burry masala and place in an oven dish.

Add butter and squeeze half a lemon.

Cook it away for 7-8 minutes on 180 degrees in a pre-heated oven.

Take it out and garnish with some chopped coriander.

Key Ingredients: Onion, Garlic, Cinnamon, Cumin Seeds,Black Pepper, Coriander Seeds, Star Anise, Cloves, Fennel,Salt, Paprika, Turmeric, Red Wine Vinegar, Sugar,Vegetable Oil, Prawns, Butter, Lemon Juice, Red Chilli,Coriander Leaves