Spicy Prawn pitta taken by peachpurple
I wanted to prepare a light, simple and fast meal for lunch.
I don’t have time to spend 30 minutes to an hour for an
elaborate cooking after spending 2 hours of grocery
shopping at Tesco.
Tired, hungry and craving for a burger, I decided to have
Spicy Prawn Pitta Bread for a quick lunch.
A perfect prawn pitta that can be ready in 15 minutes.
Luckily, earlier on when I was at Tesco, I had bought a bag
of pitta breads, a head of iceberg lettuce and a few fresh
tomatoes.
The pitta breads were whole wheat pittas, low in calories
and healthy, better than plain pittas.
Found some fresh prawns sold at 20% off from normal
price at the fish section.
Couldn’t get my eyes off as I was craving for them.
With the pittas, prawns and other ingredients in hand,
this seafood recipe was an ideal lunch recipe to satisfy
my hunger.
Yield: 4 persons
Calories: 150 per serving
Ingredients:
Instructions
1. In a mixing bowl, mix yogurt, cucumber, paprika,
cayenne pepper and tomato sauce with lemon juice.
2. Add in the pre-cooked prawns and stir well.
3. Cut the pitta breads into halves, vertically.
4. Toast the pitta breads in a toaster or oven.
5. Spread across the bottom pitta bread with shredded
lettuce, sliced tomatoes.
6. Spoon in the prawn mixture.
7. Season with salt and pepper.
8. Cover with the top pitta bread.
9. Serve immediately with fruit juice or smoothies.
Most people had longed viewed that prawns are high in
cholesterol, which are not highly sought in the wet market.
This is untrue, if you consume once in a while.
Yes, prawns do consist cholesterol but it won’t land you
into high blood pressure as long as you don’t consume
them often.
Prawns are high in:
l Calcium
l Iodine
l Zinc
Cooking prawns in the right way, could help you to reduce
the cholesterol level instead of increasing it.
Avoid deep fried prawns, prawns in coconut curry stew or
butter prawns.
Here are some tips how to cook prawns in a healthy way:
l Go for grilled prawns with olive oil instead of butter
l stir fried prawns with vegetables not more than 4 minutes
l Cook prawns in low fire, use a little olive oil or sunflower
oil
l Steam prawns separately.
Then saute the separate sauce and splash over the steamed
prawns.
Low fat yogurt
l Choose low fat original yogurt instead of mixed fruit
yogurt for this pitta recipe.
l Store bought yogurt with mixed fruits such as berries,
strawberries and kiwi are added with sugar and flavorings
in order to enhance the sweet flavor.
l Normally original low fat yogurt tasted bland and sourish.
l However, these low fat yogurt are healthier because it is
made from fermenting low far milk, suitable for children,
teens and adults consumption.
l It is extremely low in calories, helps to improve digestive
system which induce smoother bowel movements.
l Hence, it helps to reduce constipation for both men and
women.
l It also helps to reduce white vaginal discharge for ladies.
Tips
It is best not to choose fruity yogurt when mixing with
cooked prawns, cucumber and tomato sauce.
It will produce a weird flavor , not spicy nor sweet but odd
taste.
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Yes, It is delicious because my niece live is USA likes it most sometimes she tells me on face book I have eaten the dish last night was very delicious really delicious but one day we cooked it at home but could not make its taste better.
pitta bread
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 teaspoon ketchup
drop of horseradish sauce
sprinkle of cayenne pepper
splash of lemon juice
1 small avacado
60g (2 oz) cooked, peeled prawns
small handful of watercress
Method
Prep:10min › Ready in:10min
Place pitta bread in toaster and leave until it puffs out. Cut off end of pitta bread and stick a knife inside to open up the pocket.
In a bowl place the mayonnaise, ketchup, horseradish, cayenne pepper and a splash of lemon juice. Combine.
Chop up avacado and add to sauce along with prawns.
Rip up some watercress and add to the bowl.
Combine and spoon the mixture into the the pitta bread!
I think that These perfect prawn pittas are delicious with the perfect tangy sauce (very similar to marie rose), watercress and avocado! I love prawn sandwiches but this is a great twist on the ordinary sandwich.