Shrimp Salad

Finally, i got time to blog...too busy surfing through shoes online. Lusting over the Christian Louboutins and Jimmy Choos seems to be my favorite thing to do these days. But i do manage to squeeze in some time for studying and cooking hehehe...

Okay, this one i call shrimp "salad", cause it is not exactly as healthy as a salad should be lol! Sometimes i try and keep it healthy by cooking the shrimp in the oven using cooking spray instead of in the skillet which requires a lot more grease. Needless to say the skillet ones are pretty darn delicious!! But if you are a shrimp fanatic like me...you will dig either versions. So here goes...

Shrimp - 1 pound peeled and deveined
Egg - 1 whisked
Panko Breadcrumbs -1/2 cup
All purpose flour - 1/4 cup

Prepare the shrimp by marinating them in a pinch of turmeric and 1Tbsp of Sea Salt(or regular salt) for at least half hour. Especially if they are frozen. This puts the freshness of the sea back into any seafood, a trick i learned from Aai.

After the shrimp are done marinating, wash them under cold water and drain on a paper towel. Season the bread crumbs and flour with some salt and pepper. Then dredge each shrimp in flour, shake off the excess. Dip in egg, shake off the excess and finally coat with bread crumbs. After all the shrimp are coated store in the fridge for a few minutes before cooking them if possible. Shallow fry them in the skillet in vegetable oil or spray with cooking spray and cook in oven for not more than 2 minutes on each side. Shrimp can overcook and become rubbery in a matter of seconds, so be careful.

After they cool a little bit coat them with the sauce from the Chicken Wrap recipe. Or if you feel like treating yourself today, gor for this mayonnaise based sauce, simply mix together -

Mayonnaise - 1/4 Cup
Chilli Garlic Sauce - 2 Tbsp.

For the salad -


Lettuce(or let-use as shaunak calls it :D) - 1 Cup Chopped
Spring Onion - 3 Tbsp Chopped
Carrots - 1 Chopped
Purple Cabbage -  1/4 Cup Shredded

Vinaigrette - 
Soy sauce - 1/2 Tsp
                                                      Brown sugar - 1/2 Tsp
                                                      Sesame oil - 1-2 dashes
                                                      whisk together all of the above and some olive oil(arnd 1 Tbsp.) and toss the veggies in this emulsion. Top with fried and sauce coated shrimp. "Salad" is ready. Lol! Enjoy!