Prawn toast is made with a mixture of prawn, cheese, onions, green chilies and other ingredients placed on bread slices and deep fried in refined oil. The process to make prawn toast at home is quite simple. If you are unaware of it, continue reading my recipe.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Prawn toast is a wonderful dish.
- Enjoy these delicious toasts with freshly chopped cilantro or coriander leaves, onion rings or sliced green onions, soy sauce, tomato ketchup, sweet chili sauce, lemon wedges, or pickled ginger.
- Prawn toasts taste savory, crunchy, sweet, and spicy.
- The similar dishes are fish toast, egg toast, chicken toast, mutton toast, cheese toast, paneer toast and vegetable toast.
The Ingredients:
To make the stuffing:
- 4 pieces prawn (large size, chopped and mashed)
- ½ cup mozzarella cheese
- ½ cup onion (fine slices)
- 5 pieces green chilies (finely chopped)
- 1 piece egg
- 1/3 tsp sugar
- ¼ tsp tasting salt (optional)
- ½ tsp salt
To make the toast:
- 3 pieces sandwich bread (without the edges, cut into half diagonally)
For deep frying the prawn toast:
- Refined oil – An adequate amount
To serve the prawn toasts:
- Tomato ketchup – A small bowl
There was an elderly gentleman in a food stall at in Delhi, slowly serving this dish to people. No one asked for the name, just ate it. The taste went straight to the heart. There was no spicy tang, but there was something that stayed with us for a long time.
Later I came to know that he was an exiled writer, who now weaves stories from food. I never ate that dish again, but now whenever I sit alone and cook something simple, my mind starts weaving a story like him. Food sometimes speaks more than words.
How to Make Prawn Toast? (Step by Step Guide with Images)
Step 1: Take 3 slices of sandwich bread. Remove their edges and cut them diagonally in half. Keep them aside.
Step 2: Now, chop 4 large pieces of prawn finely. Discard the head and tail. Mash them nicely.
Step 3: To it add ½ cup of mozzarella cheese, ½ cup of finely sliced onion, 5 pieces of fresh green chilies (finely chopped), one egg, 1/3 tsp of sugar, ½ tsp of table salt, and ¼ tsp of tasting salt (optional).
(Pro tip: I like it with cheese. You may skip it if you want. Do not whip the egg as it will increase the water content of the paste. Adjust the number of green chilies according to your taste).
Step 4: Mix everything nicely. Keep it aside for some time to set properly.
Step 5: Heat an adequate amount of refined oil in a frying pan.
Step 6: In the meantime, take a bread slice and put the prawn mixture on it.
(Pro tip: You can spread it evenly all over or put it at the center like me).
Step 7: Put the toast in the oil very carefully. Fry each of the prawn toasts on a low flame so that you do not burn them.
Step 8: Flip them after a minute or so.
Step 9: Take them out when they turn to a lovely golden brown in color. Repeat the process to fry all the pieces in the same way.
(Pro tip: Do not overcrowd by putting too many pieces of toast in the oil at a time. Fry in small batches for easy flipping and perfect frying of each prawn toast.
Step 10: Your prawn toast is now ready. Lay them on a plate and serve them hot with a bowl of tomato ketchup.
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Prawn Toast
Ingredients
To make the stuffing:
- 4 pieces prawn large size, chopped and mashed
- ½ cup mozzarella cheese
- ½ cup onion fine slices
- 5 pieces green chilies finely chopped
- 1 piece egg
- 1/3 tsp sugar
- ¼ tsp tasting salt optional
- ½ tsp salt
To make the toast:
- 3 pieces sandwich bread without the edges, cut into half diagonally
For deep frying the prawn toast:
- Refined oil An adequate amount
To serve the prawn toasts:
- Tomato ketchup A small bowl
Instructions
- Take 3 slices of sandwich bread. Remove their edges and cut them diagonally in half. Keep them aside.
- Now, chop 4 large pieces of prawn finely. Discard the head and tail. Mash them nicely.
- To it add ½ cup of mozzarella cheese, ½ cup of finely sliced onion, 5 pieces of fresh green chilies (finely chopped), one egg, 1/3 tsp of sugar, ½ tsp of table salt, and ¼ tsp of tasting salt (optional). (Pro tip: I like it with cheese. You may skip it if you want. Do not whip the egg as it will increase the water content of the paste. Adjust the number of green chilies according to your taste).
- Mix everything nicely. Keep it aside for some time to set properly.
- Heat an adequate amount of refined oil in a frying pan.
- In the meantime, take a bread slice and put the prawn mixture on it. (Pro tip: You can spread it evenly all over or put it at the center like me).
- Put the toast in the oil very carefully. Fry each of the prawn toasts on a low flame so that you do not burn them.
- Flip them after a minute or so.
- Take them out when they turn to a lovely golden brown in color. Repeat the process to fry all the pieces in the same way. (Pro tip: Do not overcrowd by putting too many pieces of toast in the oil at a time. Fry in small batches for easy flipping and perfect frying of each prawn toast.
- Your prawn toast is now ready. Lay them on a plate and serve them hot with a bowl of tomato ketchup.
