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Another seafood dish into my collection, this is one of my all time favorite prawn dishes, the Butter Oat Prawn (麥片蝦). In Malaysia, when my family dine out, sometimes Butter Oat Prawn will be one of the usual prawn dishes we order. If you haven’t heard of or tried this dish before, you might think this is so weird to cook the prawns or shrimps with cereal oats? No, of course. Let me introduce you to this delicious dish.

The specialty about the Butter Oat Prawn is to deep fry the egg yolk until golden and crispy, then stir fry with cereal or oats and add in other ingredients such as curry leafs, chili, butter and creamer.  The whole complete mixture has a distinct taste of saltiness, sweetness and a bit of spiciness with a hint of curry leaves and chili. Toss in the prawns and mix in with the oat mixture, the golden color makes it real nice and you will be surprised that you are about to enjoy a delicious and special dish.

Some people like it with or without egg and creamer, this is up to you to decide the flavors. Now you can easily prepare this scrumptious dish at home with some quick and easy tips by using the simplest ingredients you can find in the kitchen. You can use the plain Quaker oats, or  even the 3-in-1 Nestle premix cereal packets for your morning breakfast. This time I have also use some crushed cornflakes because I do not have enough cereal at home and it came out madly delicious. I have finished all the tiny bits of cereal mixture. I love it and hope you enjoy too!

Ingredients:
18 – 20 medium prawns or shrimps (trimmed and deviened)
10 curry leaves
2 bird eye chili or cili padi
1 stick of margarine
3 egg yolks (beaten)
2  tbsp butter

For oat mixture:
2 packets of 3-in-1 premix cereal
2 tbsp crushed cornflakes
1/2 tsp salt
Few dashes of salt and pepper
or use below,
6 tbsp plain oats or cereal
3 tbsp creamer or milk powder
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
Few dashes of salt and pepper

Cooking Method:

1. Trim and devien the prawns, rinse and drain.
2. Heat up some oil in a small deep pot, deep fry the prawns in batches until golden. Remove and drain on paper towel.
3. Heat up margarine in a pot over high heat then add in the beaten egg yolk, dip fry the egg yolk until it forms crispy streaks. Remove and drain on aside.
4. Melt butter over low heat, fry curry leaves until fragrant. Add in the cereal mixture and fried egg streaks, stir fry briefly.
5. Add in prawns and coat with cereal mixture evenly. Sprinkle with chopped chill.
6. Ready to serve.