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Coconut Crusted Prawns With Mango Salsa

Here's how you make Coconut Crusted Prawns With Mango Salsa
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 15m
  • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 whole (400 grams) mango
  • 1 cucumber (Lebanese cucumber, halved lengthways)
  • 1 bunch coriander, with roots
  • 2 limes, rind finely grated and juiced
  • 1 tablespoon grated palm sugar
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 1 1/2 cups panko breadcrumbs
  • 1 cup shredded coconut
  • 1 kilogram shrimp (green prawns, peeled and deveined and tails intact,I personally prefer to remove the tails)
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3 large eggs, whisked
  • Vegetable oil, for deep frying
  • TO SERVE
  • Red chilli, finely sliced
  • Coriander leaves, extra
  • Lime wedges
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Cut cheeks from mangoes and scoop out flesh and dice and place in a bowl.

  • Step 2: Scoop seeds from cucumber and discard seeds and dice cucumber.

  • Step 3: Wash and finely chop coriander root.

  • Step 4: Remove sprigs from coriander and add cucumber, lime rind, juice, coriander, sugar and fish sauce to mango and season to taste and toss to combine.

  • Step 5: Combine breadcrumbs and coconut in a bowl and lightly coat prawns with flour and dip in beaten egg and foll in coconut mixture and place on a tray.

  • Step 6: Heat oil in a saucepan ov3er medium-high heat and cook prawns in batches for 3 minutes, or until golden and crisp and remove with a slotted spoon and transfer to a paper towel lined tray.

  • Step 7: Garnish with chilli and coriander leaves and serve immediately with mango salsa and lime wedges.


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