Sweet and Sour Shrimp

Ingredients

  • 500 g prawns
  • 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 5 g ginger, finely chopped
  • 1 red capsicum
  • 1 green capsicum
  • Half a pineapple

Sauce :

  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 5 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • 2 tbsp water (to mix with cornstarch)
  • 2 tbsp Malaysian palm oil

Method

For the Sauce :

  1. Combine all the sauce ingredients in a jug and set aside.

For the Prawn :

  1. Heat Malaysian palm oil in a large wok over a high heat and when the wok begins to smoke a little, add garlic, ginger and spring onions. Toss the ingredients in the wok with a metal spatula for 20 seconds.
  2. Add prawns and capsicum and continue to cook for 1 minute, and then add the pineapple cubes.
  3. Pour in the sauce and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes or until the sauce slightly thickens, and then serve immediately with steamed or fried rice.