Prawn toast

Name: Prawn toast
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 6 as a starter
Ingredients: 500g raw peeled prawns; ginger, finely grated; 3 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 tsp light soy sauce; 1 tsp fish sauce; 1 tsp rice vinegar; 1 red chilli, finely chopped; 2 tbsp coriander, chopped; black and white sesame seeds; 6 slices white bread; 300ml vegetable oil, for shallow frying; 100g palm sugar; 3 garlic cloves, chopped; 2 red chillies, chopped; ½ red pepper, seeds removed, chopped; ginger, finely chopped; galangal, finely chopped; 2 lime leaves, finely chopped; 1 lemongrass, finely chopped; ½ small bunch coriander, roughly chopped; 40ml rice vinegar; 20ml fish sauce

Preparation and cooking time
- Total time45 mins
Serves 6 as a starter

Ingredients

500g raw peeled prawns
ginger, finely grated
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp light soy sauce
1 tsp fish sauce
1 tsp rice vinegar
1 red chilli, finely chopped
2 tbsp coriander, chopped
black and white sesame seeds
6 slices white bread
300ml vegetable oil, for shallow frying

CHILLI JAM

100g palm sugar
3 garlic cloves, chopped
2 red chillies, chopped
½ red pepper, seeds removed, chopped
ginger, finely chopped
galangal, finely chopped
2 lime leaves, finely chopped
1 lemongrass, finely chopped
½ small bunch coriander, roughly chopped
40ml rice vinegar
20ml fish sauce

Method

STEP 1
For the jam, put the sugar into a pan with 200ml of water over a low heat and stir until the sugar dissolves. Turn up the heat and cook until a caramel forms the colour of a rusty penny.
STEP 2
Add all of the remaining ingredients and simmer for 15 minutes until it reaches a jam-like consistency.
STEP 3
For the prawn toast, pat the prawns dry and split them in half. Put half of the prawns in a food processor with the ginger, garlic, soy sauce, fish sauce and rice vinegar, and blend to a smooth paste.
STEP 4
Chop the other half of the prawns into thin slices and put in a mixing bowl with the chilli, coriander and the blended prawns, and mix well.
STEP 5
Spread the prawn mixture onto the bread slices about ½cm thick and then sprinkle the sesame seeds on top and pat them down to secure.
STEP 6
Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the toasts in batches, prawn-side down, for 2 minutes, flip over and fry for another 2 minutes. Remove and leave to dry on some kitchen paper while you fry the rest.