Lemon pepper grilled prawn, Mango chili salsa, Prawn head jus

Cooking is often a lot about motivation. Without motivation it becomes a boring habit just to fill your tummy and surviving this big bad world. I was staying away from cooking for last couple of months because there's a certain lack of motivation. Finally, as always MasterChef Australia became my saviour and I decided to modify one of the dishes I saw and make a healthier version of it.

Prawn has always been one of my favourite ingredients to cook, and salsa was one of the first item i learned to make when I started cooking first. Together Grilled prawns, prawn head jus and fresh salsa make an amazingly tasty and healthy dish.

Ingredients for the Grilled Prawns-

• 6 Prawns (peeled, deveined, heads separated for the jus)
• 1 tsp kaffir lime juice
• 1 tsp pepper
• 1 tsp Tang (an orange drink powder that I used to get mild orange flavor)
• 1 tsp honey
• salt
• olive oil

Method-

• Marinade the Prawns in the mixture of all the ingredients except olive oil for couple of hours.
• Heat the olive oil in a grill pan.
• grill the prawns until they are cooked properly in low flame.

Ingredients for Prawn head jus-

• The separated prawn heads
• 4-5 lemon leaves
• 2-3 star anise
• salt and pepper
• 1 tsp Bhut jolokiya chili sauce (you can substitute it with sweet chili sauce)
• 1/2 cup coconut milk
• olive oil
• water

Method-

• Slow cook the ingredients till you get a nice consistency and the mixture becomes 1/3rd of the actual portion. Keep tasting to adjust and balance of the taste
• Once done, strain it and keep it aside.

Ingredients for Mango Chili salsa-

• 1 large mango (peeled and diced)
• 4-5 real hot green chilies (chopped)
• 1 small tomato (chopped)
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp kaffir lime juice
• salt and pepper

Method-

• Mix all the ingredients and season well.
• keep it in the freezer till you serve it.

Assemble all the items and serve!