From source to plate.

First, we rampaged my mum’s fresh herbs in the back garden and pinched off some basil. Making sure I carefully pluck some prettier ones for plating.

Then we headed down to Sin Min to the Hai Bin Prawn farm to ‘hunt’ for food. We gave ourselves an hour to catch enough for dinner, unfortunately out unfruitful attempt left us with 2 prawns in the net.

Rates for Prawning

1 Hr $15

2 Hrs $25

3 Hrs $30

Equipment and baits are provided at no additional costs.

For bbq’ing your catches, charcoal, fire starters, satay sticks and salt are provided as well.

Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!

Address
603 Sin Ming Avenue
Singapore 575735
Tel: 6554 1986

We ended asking the owner if we could buy some off him. He was so kind enough to give us 8 more for free.

Back in the kitchen, first job was to shell the prawns, here are the steps:

1. twist off head
2. peel off shell around the body
3. yank of tail, it should slide out fairly easily. Or just leave it on if you’re not bothered
4. use a knife and serate down the back of the prawn and remove the black line of gunk, also known as “de-veining”.
5. rinse with salt and water

Time to cook! To be honest, we weren’t following any recipe. We just cut up with garlic, chillies and basil and hoped for the best. Shaved some parmesan cheese on top and we were done!

Ta-da! Chilli Basil Prawn pasta.