Prawn Bhaja with Basil Mint Pesto | Sanjeev Kapoor Khazana

Deep fried prawn fritters served with freshly made basil mint pesto.

PRAWN BHAJA WITH BASIL MINT PESTO

Ingredients

1 cup medium prawns, roughly chopped
8-10 fresh basil leaves
7-8 fresh mint leaves
Oil for shallow-frying
3 tablespoons gram flour
4 tablespoons rice flour
1 tablespoon semolina
Salt to taste
¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
1 tablespoon ginger-garlic-green chilli paste
1 teaspoon mustard powder
Juice of ½ lemon
Crushed black peppercorns to taste
7-8 sprigs fresh coriander
3-4 garlic cloves
1 tablespoon olive oil
3-4 walnuts

Method

1. Heat some oil in a non-stick pan.
2. Take prawns in a bowl. Add gram flour, 2 tablespoons rice flour, semolina, salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder, ginger-garlic-green chilli paste and mustard powder and mix well. Add lemon juice and some water and mix well. Divide the mixture into equal portions.
3. Take remaining rice flour, remaining semolina, salt and crushed peppercorns on a plate and mix well.
4. To prepare basil mint pesto, grind together torn basil leaves, torn mint leaves, coriander leaves, garlic cloves, salt, crushed peppercorns and olive oil to a paste. Add walnuts and some water and grind again to a fine paste.
5. Take each portion of prepared prawn mixture, coat with rice flour-semolina mixture and shallow-fry in hot oil till golden and crisp. Drain on absorbent paper.
6. Serve hot with basil mint pesto.

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Cuisine - Fusion

Course - starter

Dish - starter