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I have always always loved this dish but have never tried making it before. My family and I have only ever had it if we went to some seafood restaurant in Malaysia.
Well, the last time I had this dish was over two years ago at this amazing seafood restaurant in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, called Muhibah. Anyways since this is another dish I can’t find at the restaurants here, I figured I have to try to make it myself. I am glad to say…the dish turned out beautifully and tasted incredible! Here is my recipe for butter prawn. (Although I added some shrimps when I made it, because I didn’t have enough tiger prawns).
Ingredients
- 500g medium-sized prawns, trimmed, slit back
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 tbsp evaporated milk
- 5 tbsp butter or margarine
- 1 tbsp curry leaves
- 6 bird’s eye chilies (chopped), optional
- 3 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
Seasoning
- ½ ts salt
- ½ tsp sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
- dash of chicken granules
Method
- Heat up up oil for deep-frying, put in prawns and deep-fry until cooked. Dish and drain.
- Combine egg yolks, evaporated milk and mix well.
- Heat up wok, melt butter with low heat. Slowly pour in egg mixture, keep stirring until the egg mixture forms into fine shreds. Add in curry leaves, bird’s eye chilies, garlic, seasoning and mix well.
- Put in prawns and mix well. Dish up and drain off the excess oil. Serve.
zaianne
I’m a interactive media developer/designer, and new mom to a gorgeous little boy named Liam Ayden Sparrow, who cooks to de-stress and relax. I’m originally from a little peninsula in the South East Asia region of the world called, Malaysia. Although I’ve moved a lot in my life, Chicago, Kuala Lumpur, Australia, Georgia, NYC, and finally back to Chicago; one thing remains the same. The food, because I cook.
I grew up around amazing cooks. My mom and my late grandma, and although during my teen years I despised helping my mom in the kitchen, once I grew up and had to moved to a different country for studies, and didn’t have my mom to make meals for me, I realized how lucky I was to have at least some basic cooking skills! And although my mom never really allowed me to help her make anything (I was mostly there to help clean and prep) I did always pay attention to what she was doing in the kitchen.
Over a few more years living overseas, and now being married, I’ve had plenty of time to practice my culinary skills and I’ve managed to teach myself a thing or two. I experiment, and create, and I think that’s the best way to learn…anything really.
