Some party foods may be eye catchy but when comes to the taste, it may not be as much as expected. But, some food items would be pleasing, eyes as well as tongue. This Shrimp Appetizer with toothpick is one of its kind. The swirled shrimp/prawn around toothpick gives a dramatic twist to the regular recipe.
The swirled shrimp/prawn around toothpick gives a dramatic twist to the regular recipe. Another important question arises here, ‘Both Shrimp and Prawn are the same?’, they are similar but not the same. They slightly differ in the texture. Overcook can spoil both prawns and shrimp, but shrimp becomes more rubbery than prawns do. So, care should be taken while dealing both.
This recipe can be set as a basic recipe, and your favorite add-ons will the flavors to the next level. Fresh green salad with vinaigrette dressing along with this shrimp appetizer, made me forget the world.
Wish to try your hands with more restaurant Style recipes, try out this Gobi-65, Sheek Kabab, Broccoli stuffed chicken.
How to make Shrimp Appetizer with a toothpick:
1. Remove head and tail, clean, devein shrimp/prawn. I went in with tailed off, deveined, uncooked shrimps which are available here. Washing with vinegar helps to remove any odor.
2. Insert a toothpick into the all the shrimp individually. Dilute corn flour with 1/2 a cup of water and add salt. Dip few toothpick inserted shrimps into this diluted flour at a time.
3. Heat oil in a pan. Fry shrimp in medium flame. Shrimps get cooked easily and have a tendency to become rubbery when overcooked. When sizzling sound reduces, means it’s the time to pull out from the oil. Do not crowd the pan and fry them in batches.
4. Test fry a couple of shrimp, in the beginning, to get perfectly cooked shrimps. Remove them from fire and place them in tissue paper to grab the excess oil.
5. Serve Shrimp as an appetizer, with garden fresh salad. Hot sauce, soy sauce, wasabi can be its best accompaniments.
Shrimp Appetizer with toothpick
Ingredients
- 30 Shrimp
- 3 tbsp Corn flour
- 1/4 tsp Salt or as required
- 1 Cup Cooking Oil for Frying
- 30 Toothpicks
Instructions
- Remove head and tail, clean, devein shrimp/prawn. I went in with tailed off, deveined, uncooked shrimps which are available here. Washing with vinegar helps to remove any odor.
- Insert a toothpick into the all the shrimp individually. Dilute corn flour with 1/2 a cup of water and add salt. Dip few toothpick inserted shrimps into this diluted flour at a time.
- Heat oil in a pan. Fry shrimp in medium flame. Shrimps get cooked easily and have a tendency to become rubbery when overcooked. When sizzling sound reduces, means it's the time to pull out from the oil. Do not crowd the pan and fry them in batches.
- Test fry a couple of shrimp, in the beginning, to get perfectly cooked shrimps. Remove them from fire and place them in tissue paper to grab the excess oil.
- Serve Shrimp as an appetizer, with garden fresh salad. Hot sauce, soy sauce, wasabi can be its best accompaniments.
Nutrition
Tips and Variations for Shrimp Appetizer with toothpick:
Shrimps become hard and rubbery in texture when overcooked. And it gets cooked very easily. So, remove from the fire once it gets completely cooked.
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October 18, 2013 at 4:49 amyummy and mouthwatering appetizer… I am ur new follower… will be glad if u follow me back…