Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Prawn Crab Toasts

During our Yercaud trip, the resort we stayed in regaled us with a string of lip-smacking dishes. The prawn toast was one of the culinary delights we savoured there to our hearts content. Inspired by the delicious prawn toasts, once we returned home, I tried emulating the same mixing prawns with crab meat to add my special touch. Needless to mention, my first attempt turned out to be a hit.

The recipe below is of a great dish to serve guests. No wonder it will win you scores of appreciation.
 



Ingredients:(makes 12)                        Cooking time: 30 minutes
ü  50 gm prawns
ü  75 gm crab meat
ü  1 egg, beaten
ü  2 tbsp cornflour
ü  1/2 tsp garam masala powder
ü  1/2 tsp cumin powder
ü  1/2 tsp red chilli powder
ü  1 tsp black pepper powder
ü  1 tsp garlic paste
ü  1 tsp sugar
ü  Salt to taste
ü  2 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves
ü  3 slices of day-old white bread
ü  White oil for deep frying
Method:
1) Using a blender, grind crab meat and prawn into a smooth paste.
2) Add garlic paste, red chilli powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder, black pepper powder, coriander leaves, salt & sugar to the prawn crab paste and mix well. Further add 1 tbsp of cornflour and half amount of the beaten egg. Mix all the ingredients well together.
3) In another bowl, mix 1 tbsp of cornflour with the remaining half of the egg. Whisk it to slurry mixture without any lump.
4) Trim the crust of the breads and cut each slice into 4 triangles as shown below:

5) Brush the top of each bread triangle with egg and cornflour mixture, and then add 1 tbsp of prawn crab mixture. Smooth the top.
6) Heat oil in a wok. When oil turns piping hot, without overcrowding the wok, fry the toasts with prawn side-up until golden brown in color. Flip and fry the other side in similar fashion.
7) Serve hot with tomato sauce.

1 comment:

  1. I would love to give this a try..It looks awesome..Bookmarked it Dear..

    Aarthi
    http://yummytummy-aarthi.blogspot.com/

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