After a long holiday, it's tough to get back in the routine. Jet lag was one thing that really had me worried. Every time I traveled back from India, I used to sleep the whole day like a log and it used to go on for at least a week! This time, my body adjusted with the time zone so quickly that it shocked me. I had no jet lag!
The last 2 months were anything but relaxing. We saw lots of new places, visited our relatives, ate out and then of course, the shopping! We spent the days running around, managing some sleep at night but it was FUN 🙂 I shared some photos from our trip in the last post and will tell you more about it in my future posts. Stay tuned for that. Now, lets enjoy some oranges.
These golden beauties are everywhere in the market. Fresh and juicy, they call out your name every time you pass by. There is no way you can ignore them. So, I picked some too! The idea was to either eat it plain or in a salad. Then the other day, as I was thinking about how to cook the shrimp, I started wondering about how they would taste with these oranges. May be as an appetizer or a side!
Arvind didn't like the idea much. He likes orange chicken, but orange shrimp?
I anyway went ahead and gave it a try. The sauce came out really delicious. In fact, when I tasted the sauce, it clicked me that it could be used as a dipping sauce too. It was tangy with the right amount of heat.
The sauce can be prepared in advance and saved for few days in the refrigerator. You can serve the dish as an appetizer or a side and adjust the amount of sauce accordingly.
Orange Shrimp – spicy, tangy and ready in minutes!
Ingredients
For the sauce
- 2 cups of fresh orange juice
- zest of 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 1 inch ginger (grated)
- 3 cloves garlic (grated)
- 1 teaspoon cayenne powder
- 1-½ tablespoon corn flour
- ¼ cup water
- 1 tbs sugar
- 1 tablespoon oil
- salt
- pepper
For the fried shrimp
- ½ lb shrimp (skin and head discarded, tail retained)
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon cayenne powder
- salt
- pepper
- oil for frying
Other ingredients
- 1 medium onion (sliced)
- few fresh cilantro leaves for garnish
Instructions
Start with the sauce
- Heat oil in a sauce pan and saute the grated garlic and ginger.
- Pour orange juice in the pan and give it a mix.
- Add lemon juice, lemon zest, dark soy sauce, rice vinegar, cayenne powder and season it with salt and pepper.
- Let it simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Mix corn flour with the water and pour it in the sauce pan. This will thicken the sauce.
- Add sugar and keep stirring for another few minutes.
- Check for salt and add more, if needed.
- Switch off the heat and keep the sauce aside.
Fry the shrimps
- Clean the shrimp and pat dry it with a kitchen towel or tissue paper.
- In a plate, mix flour with rest of the ingredients except shrimp and oil.
- Drop the shrimps on the plate and mix it with the flour.
- Heat enough oil in a wok to deep fry the shrimps. If you want to avoid deep frying, you could always pan fry it with less oil.
- Remove the shrimps from the flour mix and drop it carefully in the hot oil.
- Fry them till they are golden brown. It should take about 4 to 5 minutes. Avoid crowding the pan by dropping too many shrimps at a time.
- Once done, keep the shrimps in a kitchen towel or tissue paper to remove the excess oil.
For the final plating
- In a separate pan, heat some oil and saute the onions till they are golden brown in color.
- Put the shrimp and mix it properly with the onions.
- Pour the sauce in the pan and give it a good mix. You may add all the sauce or some of it, depending on how you wish to serve it. I kept some sauce aside to add it later, if needed.
- Add ½ cup water and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
- Garnish it with some fresh cilantro leaves and serve it hot.
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easyfoodsmith
Very interesting combination there. Would love to try this.
Ann
Wow - this look delicious and your photos are nothing short of spectacular!
alyssa
I really love your wooden stuff! And as always, your photos are really stunning. The shrimp sounds good and I really like that that it comes together so quickly
aarthi
This look Delicious…You have made it awesome..Totally YUMMO..
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torviewtoronto and createwithmom
delicious looking flavours and combination I haven't had like this
Vijitha
Orange and shrimp looks super yum.I love the orange chicken from Panda express and have tried to recreate it and I am sure it will taste extremely delicious with shrimp too!
Tina@flourtrader
citrus and shrimp are a great combo and I love that you chose orange instead of lime! I am sure the blend of ingredients here gives you a great tangy and spicy bite. Between that and the picture I am sold. Delicious post!
Sawsan @ chef in disguise
Orange and shrimp...really interesting combination and as always stunning pictures
jules @ bananamondaes
Great pictures - would love to try this.
Janet@FCTC
This looks delicious! Second shrimp post I've seen today. I think fate is telling me to make some shrimp!
Juliana
Wow, these shrimps look great, love the orange flavor in it.
Hope you are having a wonderful week Kankana 🙂
Grishma
Loved the pictures! Stunning 🙂
wok with ray
Amazing and very impressive photography, Kankana! 🙂
Kiri W.
Your photography is absolutely stunning! Wow.
The sauce sounds fabulous, I love citrus with seafood. Wonderful dish!
Zee
Very unique and interesting. I love shrimps, bookmarking your recipe
Nami | Just One Cookbook
Kankana, I'm impressed by your details of each photo.... I actually spent some time staring at them... They look so pretty. Okay enough about photos. I also like this shrimp recipe too. Come to think of it, I don't have too many shrimp recipes so it's nice to see this recipe. My kids love tangerine/mandarin oranges and my daughter eats like 5 at once (scary!). Thanks for sharing this recipe with us!
Notyet100
This is something delicious 🙂
Rosa
Really scrumptious! That is a refreshing combination. Yummy.
Cheers,
Rosa
Vimitha
Orange and shrimp... Combination sounds different but definitely will try.
Charles
I love shrimp! I LOVE shrimp. Never tried with orange sauce though... this looks yummy. I bet the cayenne goes really well with the orange when it's all cooked up... delicious 🙂