How I Make Singaporean Cereal Prawns

If you are ever in Singapore, Cereal Prawn is one of the must-order dishes. Both kids and adults love this because of the crispy and fragrant combo of savory and sweet.

When I recreated this Singaporean prawn dish the first time, I felt in love instantly. There’s some kind of texture and flavors to this dish that is so addicting. I can’t believe that the butter notes of toasted cereal complemented the briny sweet shrimp. I told myself that this should be in my blog.

The original recipe follows the dish that has curry leaves and chillies. We know that Singapore all things spicy but some Filipinos, like the people in our house, doesn’t like to add a touch of heat to our food. Therefore, you’ll see curry leaves and chillies on the recipe I’ve written but not on the actual food in the photos.

1. Prepare all the ingredients needed.

• 500 grams prawns
• 3 cloves garlic
• 2 chili
• 3 sprigs curry leaves
• 100 grams cornflakes
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 egg
• 3 tbsp flour
• Oil
• 2 tbsp butter

2. Remove shell and devein prawns.

3. Combine egg, flour and half teaspoon of salt in a bowl.

4. Coat prawns into the batter.

5. Fry. Please excuse my dirty pan.

6. Mince garlic and chili and remove curry leaves from its stem.

7. Crush the cornflakes.

8. In a wok pan, saute chopped garlic, curry leaves and chillies.

9. Add the crushed cornflakes.

10. Bring back the shrimp to heat.

11. Your Cereal Prawns are now done and ready to be served.