#Recipe: Creamy Salted Egg Prawn Recipe

Creamy Salted Egg Prawn Recipe
Ingredients
Salted Egg Yolk 4
Curry leaves 2 sprigs (40 leaves)
Chilli padi 1/2 (sliced thin)
Butter 1 Tbsp
Plain flour 1 tsp
Evaporated Milk 3 Tbsp
Chicken stock powder 1-2 tsp
Sugar 1-2 Tbsp
Salt

Prawns 500g (Ang Kar Prawns are ideal for this recipe)
Sauce should be enough for up to 1 kg of prawns.

Note:  Buy the best salted eggs you can find.  The good ones are deep orangey red in colour while the bad ones are pale yellow.  It does make a big difference to the flavour of the sauce.

Method
Melt butter in a saucepan or pot and add curry leaves and chilli padi. Once you can smell the aroma of the curry leaves, add 1 tsp plain flour and combine for half a minute.  Add evaporated milk and allow to simmer to form sauce.  Add salted eggs and combine.  Add more water or evaporated milk to get the consistency of light cream.  Add chicken stock powder, sugar and salt and adjust to taste and set aside.

Slice prawn in half from back and devein, leaving the shells on. Soak prawns in 500ml ice cold water with 1 tsp salt for 30mins.  This step is optional but it will make the meat more crunchy.   Pat dry and set aside.  Heat pan, add 1 Tbsp oil  and pan fry prawns till the shells are slightly charred.  Add the sauce and 1/3 cup of water and allow the prawns to simmer for 1-2 mins.  Serve!

NB: This sauce is great for BBQs as well. Just BBQ the prawns and toss in the sauce!