Spicy Prawn Fritters

Ingredients:

600g medium sized prawns, remove shell but keep tails
3 slightly heaped tbsp rice flour
salt to taste
2½ tbsp water
oil for deep frying

For gravy:
1 clove garlic, grind to a fine paste
1 pc (size of almond) ginger, grind to a fine paste
15 dried chillies, soak beforehand, grind to a fine paste
4 tbsp oil
3 tsp sugar
salt to taste
2 tsp light soya sauce
2 tsp vinegar


Method:

• Put flour and salt in a bowl and mix with water to make a batter.
• Add prawns to mixture.
• Heat oil, add prawns and fry. Remove as soon as fritters are lightly brown and set aside.
• For gravy: Heat oil, add ground ingredients and fry. Add sugar and salt, stir, then add soya sauce and vinegar. Continue stirring until gravy is fairly thick, then add fried prawn fritters and stir, mixing well with chilli mixture. Remove from heat as soon as fritters are well covered with gravy.