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Prawns in Tomato Sauce : Quick & Easy

written by Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi June 18, 2020
Prawns in Tomato Sauce

Who doesn’t love seafood? This Prawns in Tomato Sauce recipe is another simple and quick prawns stir fry which you can enjoy anytime.

Okay,nothing to hide.I love seafood!

This is another seafood recipe that takes only a few minutes to cook. Adapted from Chinese cuisine this prawns in tomato sauce is really easy to cook and you will need only a few ingredients.

Last few months we didn’t have much eating out or any traveling. Due to the Covid-19 situation it was the hardest time to stay at home in order to prevent the virus spreading. Therefore home cooking was the best available option while we also had chances to taste home delivered food.

Prawns in Tomato Sauce
Prawns in Tomato Sauce

This is the time I had to be creative with our daily menu planning in order to keep the home cooked food enjoyable. Instead of Sri Lankan staples I also tried recipes from other cuisines to make our food more pleasurable. This prawns in tomato sauce is such a recipe I cooked together with fried rice.

You do not need many ingredients or different sauces to cook this prawns stir fried in tomato sauce. With few ingredients and within few minutes, a delicious stir fried prawns in tomato sauce is ready to serve.

Try this recipe. And let me know how it tasted.

Prawns in Tomato Sauce

Recipe: Prawns in Tomato Sauce

For 2 servings

Ingredients

5-6 large prawns

1 tspn ginger garlic paste

2 green chilies sliced

1 big onion sliced

3 tbs tomato sauce

1 tsp. red chili powder

2 tbsp. sugar

1/2 cup of warm water

2 tbspn cooking oil

Salt as per taste

Method

Step 1 : Prepare ingredients

Wash, Clean and remove veins of prawns. I didn’t remove the heads or shells of the prawns for this recipe in order to make it looks like a restaurant style recipe. However you can remove the heads from the prawns as you like.

Cut green chilies and onions into bite size pieces. Keep aside.

Prepare ginger garlic paste by grinding few garlic cloves and a piece of ginger together. Keep aside.

Step 2 : Cooking

In a pan, heat cooking oil.

When oil is hot add prawns and stir-fry. When the colour of the prawns turns in to red/orange, add ginger garlic paste to the pan. Mix well.

When the ginger garlic paste turns into brown add the sauce to the mix.

Then add chili powder, sugar and salt.

Mix well.

Add warm water to the mix until you get the desired consistency.

Add onion and green chili to the mix.

Simmer in low flame for another 1-2 minutes until all combine well.

Check the taste and adjust salt if necessary.

A delicious prawn dish in tomato sauce is ready to serve with fried rice.

Here is the printable recipe.

Prawns in Tomato Sauce

Prawns in Tomato Sauce

This Prawns in Tomato Sauce is a Chinese cuisine inspired recipe that suits for anyone who loves to taste seafood.
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 2
Calories 0.115 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 6 Nos prawns large
  • 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
  • 2 nos green chilies sliced
  • 1 nos big onion sliced
  • 3 tbsp tomato sauce
  • 1 tsp red chili powder
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 cup warm water
  • 2 tbsp cooking oil
  • Salt as per taste

Instructions
 

Step 1 : Prepare ingredients

  • Wash, Clean and remove veins of prawns. I didn’t remove the heads or shells of the prawns for this recipe in order to make it looks like a restaurant style recipe. However you can remove the heads from the prawns as you like.
  • Cut green chilies and onions into bite size pieces. Keep aside.
    Prepare ginger garlic paste by grinding few garlic cloves and a piece of ginger together. Keep aside.

Step 2 : Cooking

  • In a pan, heat cooking oil.
    When oil is hot add prawns and stir-fry. When the colour of the prawns turns in to red/orange, add ginger garlic paste to the pan. Mix well.
  • When the ginger garlic paste turns into brown add the sauce to the mix.
    Then add chili powder, sugar and salt.
    Mix well.
  • Add warm water to the mix until you get the desired consistency.
    Add onion and green chili to the mix.
    Simmer in low flame for another 1-2 minutes until all combine well.
    Check the taste and adjust salt if necessary.
    A delicious prawn dish in tomato sauce is ready to serve with fried rice.

Notes

You can remove the heads and shells from the prawns as you like.
Adjust chili powder,salt and sugar as per taste.
Keyword Chinese Recipes, Prawns, Seafood, stir-fry

If you try this Prawns in Tomato Sauce recipe,don’t forget to comment with your experience.Do you like seafood?

Below are other Prawns recipes to try.

Devilled prawns

Prawns in chilli sauce

Prawns curry

Prawns stir-fry

Prawn recipes
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Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi

Amila Gamage is the blogger behind Food Corner. She is a Sri Lankan living in Singapore and shares her cooking adventures in this blog. Apart from recipes, you will also find travel, health and kitchen inspirations in this blog. She is the founder of Sihela Consultants. (www.sihelaconsultants.com) She started writing this blog in 2011 and still continuing.

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Thara June 18, 2020 - 5:28 pm

5 stars
Thanks. This looks really mouthwatering.

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