If you love sea foods or a seafood fanatic like me, then you are bound to love shrimps / prawns, both are same except few genetic differences but when you are going to cook them, it hardly matters. Seafood are enjoyed best when they are live (as in crabs) or fresh, so it is better to cook them in the same day, but if you are using the frozen ones, then thaw them and rinse them in lukewarm salted water to get rid off that fishy smell.
The cut or style of shrimps / prawns that you are going to use varies from cuisine and culture. Indian preparations of gravy or curry demands the heads to be intact while the tails can be chopped off, but if you are going to tandoor -ed them, or in grilling and roasting keeping the tails is a must then, heads can be discarded. Like in the shrimp cocktail, the tail adds the beauty to the dish and even in butterfly – ed prawns.
This recipe of grilling the shrimps is again inspired from Ina Garten, one of my favourite chef in foodnetwork show, and she has flavoured it mildly and presented it with thousand island dressing, which is actually new to me, I have never used this as a dip to serve the shrimps, but I found these absolutely delightful. For the shrimps which are mildly flavoured, this is the dip which goes along with it. Just season the shrimps with salt and pepper, drizzle lots of fresh lemon juice and glaze it with olive oil, and I have thrown in some rosemary too which accentuates the flavour.
Ingredients:
Shrimps (medium / large size with tails intact) : 10-12
Juice of lemon : 1 tbsp freshly squeezed
Olive oil : 1 tbsp
Salt and black pepper for seasoning
Rosemary (finely chopped) / optional : 1/2 tsp
Method :
Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees, or if you are using gas grill, then set the heat to medium.
Shelled and deveined the shrimps, rinse or soak them in salted lukewarm water for 5 minutes.
Season the shrimps with salt and pepper, drizzle the lemon juice over them, brush them well with olive oil infused with rosemary and lined them in a tray or put them in a skewer. If you are using bamboo skewers, then soak them in water for few minutes before using them.
Roast them or grill them for exactly 5 minutes till they turn little pinkish in color. If you are roasting them in the oven then turn the shrimp after 2 1/2 minutes. Both side should be equally cooked.
Served the grilled / roasted shrimps with the thousand island dressing. If requires you can squeeze more lemon juice over the shrimps, it will help to keep them moist.
Sharing this plate of grilled shrimps with the event :
Served it grilled at Krithis kitchen
Ekat’s Friday potluck @ Girlichef
Amee’s fit and fabulous fridays
Ann’s Food on fridays
Ayesha’s Anyone can cook and Iftaar moments
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Till then stay tuned and have a good weekend
Sukanya
15 Comments
Ann Kroeker
July 29, 2011 at 1:08 pmI love shrimp! I am delighted you linked to good on Fridays with this informational and delicious post. Thanks!
aipi
July 29, 2011 at 1:23 pmA sure treat for shrimp lovers ~ nicely taken pics too 🙂
Ina’s recipe rocks 🙂
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nirupama
July 29, 2011 at 3:11 pmi love shrimp..so needless to say,,i love this one…i hav a bag of frozen prawns..hope they works…
Amy Tong
July 29, 2011 at 4:21 pmOh yeah, I’m a seafood lover and LOVE shrimps. Yours look perfect and delicious! Can’t wait to try your recipe. Thanks for sharing. :0
amee4013
July 29, 2011 at 4:22 pmDelish!!!!!! Thanks for posting on Fit and Fab Fridays! Great to find your blog, too. It’s awesome. 🙂
incidentalcooksuman
July 29, 2011 at 4:45 pmThis is a fabulous dish. simple yet delicious..I don’t know how shrimp could get any better…and the pics are so tempting.
girlichef
July 29, 2011 at 7:58 pmOh, I love the idea of Thousand Island on shrimp…and it looks so lovely, too!
notyet100
July 30, 2011 at 4:52 amdrooling here
Umm Mymoonah
July 30, 2011 at 8:53 amWow! Finger licking good, looks so yummy! Thank you for sharing with Iftar Moments and Any One Can Cook 🙂
Deboshree
July 30, 2011 at 2:05 pmGosh, this looks true-blue exotic. I almost regret not being a fish-person. 😀
By the by, the island dressing is very interesting. It makes me want to experiment.
Plateful
July 31, 2011 at 12:36 amGrilled shrimp with thousand island sounds like a finger-licking combo. And you have captured the recipe to such perfection by your gorgeous clicks!
Anamika
July 31, 2011 at 1:27 amLooks tempting. Havn’t tried this dressing, but looks great!!
Umm Mymoonah
August 1, 2011 at 1:49 amCongratulations! Your recipe got featured in this week Any One Can Cook .
Joyti
August 1, 2011 at 5:04 amIt sounds delicious, and looks gorgeous and so elegant!
bali tour
March 18, 2014 at 12:17 pmLovely food 🙂
looks delicious