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Butter Fried Scampi Recipe
Prawns flavoured with a homemade spice paste and baked in butter with a generous squeeze of lime.
- Total Cook Time1 hr 05 mins
- Prep Time 05 mins
- Cook Time1 hr
- Medium
Ingredients of Butter Fried Scampi
- 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
How to Make Butter Fried Scampi
HideShow MediaFor berry burry masala:
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1. 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.
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2. Add salt and roast it all together.
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3. Transfer the mixture into a blender and add turmeric & chili powder
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4. Drizzle red wine vinegar, sugar and 3 Tbsp of oil and grind it all together.
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5. Take out the paste in a bowl.
For butter fried scampi:
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1. Cut the tiger prawns from the middle and take out the tail end.
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2. Cut the back shell, remove the intestine and expose the flesh.
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3. Flavour the prawns with berry burry masala and place in an oven dish.
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4. Add butter and squeeze half a lemon.
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5. Cook it away for 7-8 minutes on 180 degrees in a pre-heated oven.
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6. Take it out and garnish with some chopped coriander.