Prawns with Lemon grass & Kaffir Leaves

While I was doing my usual grocery shopping, suddenly I craved for prawns with some fragrant herbs and my mind can't stop thinking of how delicious it will be. Moreover prawn is one of my all time favourite. Thus, I grabbed some aromatic lemon grass and kaffir lime leaves in the market and headed back home to whip up this scrumptious dish. Since lemon grass and kaffir leaves bring up the aromatic flavour to the prawns, it is just a perfect sumptuous combination.


If you do like prawns with aromatic herbs flavour, I bet you will love this dish to bits. I have also added some julienne red chilli to enhance the taste. We had this crunchy aromatic prawns with hot steamed rice for dinner. If you are searching for a rice recipe to go with this dish, try out Turmeric Butter Fragrant Rice. Besides serving with rice, you may also add this dish to curry noodles or laksa noodles. The next time you are craving for prawns with fragrant herbs, do drop by here and give this recipe a try!

Ingredients: 500g large-sized prawns, peeled-retain tails 1 stalk lemon grass (about 3 inches long), cut into small pieces 2 pieces kaffir lime leaves, cut into small pieces 1/2 red chilli, de-seed, julienne Marinade: Salt Sugar Method: 1. Rinse and peel prawns, retail tails. Soak prawns in iced cold water for 10 mins. Make sure the prawns are submerged in water (this is to make the prawns crunchy). 2. Drain, pat dry. Marinade with some salt & sugar for 10 mins. 3. Meanwhile, prepare lemon grass, kaffir leaves and red chilli. Put all in a mixing bowl and toss well. 4. Heat up frying pan with some oil, put in prawns and space out. Let them cook un-touch for 1 min. 5. Flip over to the other side, add in all the other ingredients. Stir fry lightly until prawns are cooked and fragrant. 6. Arrange some salad leaves on the plate, put prawns to the salad leaves. Serve immediately.

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