How to make Wasabi Shrimp on Pita -
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Main Ingredients : Medium shrimps, Wasabi paste
Cuisine : Fusion
Course : Snacks and Starters
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Wasabi Shrimp on Pita Recipe Card
Fusion cuisine is one that combines elements of different culinary traditions. Cuisines of this type are not categorized according to any one particular cuisine style and have played a part in a number of innovations.
Fusion food is a general term for the combination of various forms of cookery and comes in several forms.
Prep Time : 31-40 minutes
Cook time : 11-15 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Easy
Taste : Spicy
Ingredients for Wasabi Shrimp on Pita Recipe
Medium shrimps shelled and deveined 20-25
Wasabi paste 1 tablespoon
Mini round pita breads grilled till golden as required
Oil 1 tablespoon
Spring onion bulbs chopped 2-3
Garlic chopped 4-5 cloves
Ginger finely chopped 1 inch
Fresh red chillies diagonally sliced 4-5 + to sprinkle
Soy sauce 1 tablespoon
Fish sauce 2 teaspoons
Oyster sauce 1 tablespoon
Salt to taste
Black peppercorns cruhsed to taste
Cornflour slurry 4 teaspoons
White sesame seeds 1 tablespo to sprinkle
Spring onion greens 2 tablespoons
Medium avocado 1
Lemon 1
Spring onion greens cut into strips to garnish
Method
Step 1
Heat oil in a non-stick pan, add spring onion bulbs, garlic, ginger and red chillies, mix and sauté for a minute. Add shrimps, mix and sauté for 2-3 minutes.
Step 2
Add soya sauce, fish sauce, oyster sauce, salt and crushed black peppercorns, mix well and sauté for 2-3 minutes.
Step 3
Add cornflour slurry, mix well and cook on high heat for 2-3 minutes or till the mixture thickens.
Step 4
Sprinkle sesame seeds and spring onions greens, mix and sauté for a minute and take the pan off the heat.
Step 5
Halve the avocado, remove the seed and scoop out the flesh avocado into a bowl. Squeeze the juice of 1 lemon into the bowl and mash the mixture well with a fork. Add wasabi paste and mix well. Transfer the mixture into a piping bag.
Step 6
Place pita breads on a serving platter, pipe out the avocado mixture over each of them and top with a portion of the shrimp mixture.
Step 7
Sprinkle sesame seeds and fresh red chillies on top, garnish with spring onion greens strips and serve immediately.
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