Sesame and Honey Shrimps

A simple, healthy and delicious recipe!

Ingredients

4 servings

1 lb (500 g) medium sized raw shrimp (peeled and deveined with tail) 

3 tbsp honey

1 tbsp water

6 tbsp sesame seeds

salt

pepper

4 tbsp vegetable oil

Dipping sauce

4 tbsp tomato sauce

1 tsp soy sauce

Preparation

Rinse the shrimps under cold running water and drain them. Salt and pepper. In a large bowl, stir together the honey, and the water. Add the shrimps and toss to coat. In an another bowl add the sesame seed. 

For each shrimp, hold by tail, dip in honey mixture, then sesame seeds. Heat a wok or large pot with the vegetable oil for deep frying over high heat. Deep fry in batches of 4-5 shrimp until golden brown, about 2-3 minutes turning once. Serve with dipping sauce. For the dipping sauce, combine the soy sauce and the tomato sauce.

WORLD FOOD DAY

World Food Day is celebrated every year on 16 October and being a food blogger and a food lover, I couldn't help celebrating! I hope you did the same too! In case you forgot the World Food Day or  you just did not know it, there is no reason to worry as you can celebrate it even now and cook something delicious for you and your loved ones! Actuallly, apart from celebrating this day it is a good opportunity to remember that hunger still exists. There are people who cannot cover  even their basic needs for food and accomondation. These people may live on the other side of the world or next door. It is responsibility for all of us to help them survive! 

But let's go back to our kitchens to cook an appetizer! Stuffed potatoes!

Ingredients

4 servings

2 medium potatoes

50 g. broccoli 

Salt

Pepper

1 egg

100 gr. gruyere

100 gr. cream cheese

Process

Wash the potatoes thoroughly. Put your unpeeled potatoes in a pan with boiling and salted water. Water should cover them.Your potatoes are done if you encounter no resistance when you poke them with a fork. Let them cool before you halve them. Put the broccoli in hot water for two to three minutes. Drain the broccoli and cut into very small pieces. Grate the gruyere. Beat the egg in a bowl. Add the gruyere, the broccoli and the cream cheese to the egg. Toss gently. Salt and pepper. Remove the inside of the potatoes (which you can use to make a great potato salad). Fill the halved potatoes with the filling and bake at 180 degrees Celsius until cheese melts and the egg is cooked.

Serve the potatoes hot!