Always easy and makes a very sophisticated starter. Prawn Cocktail was a party's standby in the 60's and 70's and a favourite of my Mum's.
This was before we could source iceberg lettuce in India, hence it was served on a bed of cabbage and carrot coleslaw. So that is how i served it at Pushpa's Birthday Party.
Serves 12
Ingredients :
1/2 cabbage
3 carrots
1kg prawns (shelled and de-veigned)
2 cups mayonnaise
2 tablespoon tomato ketchup
3-4 drops tabasco
2 teaspoons vinegar
salt and pepper to taste.
Directions :
Add 1 teaspoon vinegar, pinch of salt and grated pepper to the prawns, mix thoroughly and cook for about 2 minutes till the prawns turn pink and curl up. Turn off the heat and let them cool completely for about 1 hr. Squeeze out all the water and chill.
Finely slice cabbage and grate the carrots, discard the center(dry part) of the carrots, mix in 1 teaspoon of vinegar and a little salt and keep aside.(this is to get rid of the cabbagy smell).
Mix the mayonnaise, ketchup and tabasco together to form the dressing.
Squeeze out all the water from the cabbage and carrots mix some of the dressing (about 1/4) into this and place a little in some nice flutey stemmed ice cream cups.
Add the rest of the dressing to the prawns along with the chopped celery.
Place a portion of the prawns, about 5-6 on top of the coleslaw of cabbage and carrots and serve.
Variations :
Finely Slice iceberg lettuce instead of the coleslaw as a bed for the prawns. But please don't season or dress let it be bare and crunchy under the Prawn Cocktail.
This was before we could source iceberg lettuce in India, hence it was served on a bed of cabbage and carrot coleslaw. So that is how i served it at Pushpa's Birthday Party.
Serves 12
Ingredients :
1/2 cabbage
3 carrots
1kg prawns (shelled and de-veigned)
2 cups mayonnaise
2 tablespoon tomato ketchup
3-4 drops tabasco
2 teaspoons vinegar
salt and pepper to taste.
Directions :
Add 1 teaspoon vinegar, pinch of salt and grated pepper to the prawns, mix thoroughly and cook for about 2 minutes till the prawns turn pink and curl up. Turn off the heat and let them cool completely for about 1 hr. Squeeze out all the water and chill.
Finely slice cabbage and grate the carrots, discard the center(dry part) of the carrots, mix in 1 teaspoon of vinegar and a little salt and keep aside.(this is to get rid of the cabbagy smell).
Mix the mayonnaise, ketchup and tabasco together to form the dressing.
Squeeze out all the water from the cabbage and carrots mix some of the dressing (about 1/4) into this and place a little in some nice flutey stemmed ice cream cups.
Add the rest of the dressing to the prawns along with the chopped celery.
Place a portion of the prawns, about 5-6 on top of the coleslaw of cabbage and carrots and serve.
Variations :
Finely Slice iceberg lettuce instead of the coleslaw as a bed for the prawns. But please don't season or dress let it be bare and crunchy under the Prawn Cocktail.
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