Wasabi Prawns Recipe: How To Cook Crispy Prawns With Wasabi Mayonnaise

Craving for a nice quick snack? Chef Vikas Seth gives us a really interesting recipe of SingKong Wasabi Prawns. This dish is a crispy fried prawn coated with a strong Wasabi Mayo - topped with a sweet and spicy Mango Salsa.

Wasabi is a plant found in Japan. Its stem is used as a condiment and has an extremely strong pungency, more akin to hot mustard than the capsaicin in a chili pepper, producing vapours that stimulate the nasal passages more than the tongue. However, it's quite popular, since it tastes good.

SingKong Wasabi prawns is a Japanese dish that complements the monsoon season. This dish is crispy fried and is a mix of sweet and spicy flavours. The best thing about Wasabi Prawns is that it looks fancy, but it is very easy and quick to make this at home. So, have a look at the recipe below.

WASABI PRAWNS RECIPE | HOW TO COOK SINGKONG WASABI PRAWNS | CRISPY PRAWNS WITH WASABI MAYONNAISE RECIPE

Wasabi Prawns Recipe | How To Cook Singkong Wasabi Prawns | Crispy Prawns With Wasabi Mayonnaise Recipe

Prep Time

10 Mins

Cook Time

Total Time

15 Mins

Recipe By: Chef Vikas Seth

Recipe Type: Starters

Serves: 4

Ingredients

For The Fried Prawn

King Prawns (de-shelled

cleaned & deveined) - 24 pieces (400 g)

Salt to taste

Egg white - 3 eggs

Sesame oil - 5 ml

Corn Flour - 1 tbsp

Oil for frying

Wasabi Mayo Dip

Mayonnaise - 1 small bowl

Wasabi paste - 1 tbsp

Mango salsa Mango (chopped very finely like the fruit cherry in a bread) - 100 g

Onion (chopped finely) - 1/8th cup

Mint leaves (chopped) - 1/8th cup

Sweet chilli sauce - 3 tsp

How to Prepare

Wasabi Mayonnaise

1. Put the Mayo and Wasabi paste in a small bowl and mix it up well. Keep it aside.

Mango Salsa:

1. For making the mango salsa

take a bowl and mix mango brunoise

chopped onion

mint leaves and sweet chilli sauce and mix everything well. The consistency of the mixture should be like a chutney.

2. Now take the mixture and put it in the refrigerator to chill.

Fried Prawns:

1. Wash the prawns properly and marinate the pieces with salt, sesame oil and egg white for an hour.

2. Now dust the marinated prawns with cornflour. Take a deep frying pan and pour the oil. Now take the prawns and fry them in the hot oil carefully for a minute until cooked.

3. After frying the prawns we need to garnish and serve the prawns. For this take a bowl and toss the prawns in the Wasabi mayo nicely. Then arrange the prawns in a clean platter with mango salsa on top. You can put two mint leaves on top as well to give it a fresh look.