Lemon Shrimp (Goong Maa Now)

In addition to our Thai Cuisine Category, we will talk about a popular dish made of Shrimp with Lemon and Garlic called “Goong Maa Now”. This is a very tasty and elegant dish with very little ingredients and hardly takes time to cook.

Health Benefits

Shrimps are considered to be a healthy food. They are good source of protein, which helps in overall growth and development of our body. They are rich in Selenium and Selenium is likely to protect us from the growth of cancer cell. Shrimps are also low in cholesterol content and high in vitamin B12 that helps to protect the walls of blood vessels because of that the cardiovascular health of a person can improve. Shrimps calories are low as compared to the calories of any other red meat with numerous several other nutritional contents which make it tastier and healthier option then other food stuff.

Ingredients:

·         Shrimp – 10 no

·         Sweet Chili Sauce – 2 tbsp

·         Lemon Juice – 1

·         Kaffir Lime Leaves (Tear) – 3

·         Chili Sauce – 1 tsp

·         Fish Sauce – 1 tsp

·         Garlic Cloves (Chopped) – 4

·         Palm Sugar – 1 tsp

·         Coconut Milk – ¼ Cup

·         Cilantro (Chopped) – 1bunch

Preparation Method:

Ø  Clean & devein the Shrimps & then marinate them with Lemon Juice, Sweet Chili Sauce, Kaffir Lime Leaves, Chili Sauce, Fish Sauce, Chopped Garlic and Sugar for 10 minutes.

Ø  Heat a Pan; first add marinated Shrimps & then Coconut Milk; let the Shrimps cook in low flame for around 10 minutes or till they are done. Make sure, the mixture should not be boiled.

Ø  Turn off the heat and Finally, Garnish it with Cilantro Leaves.

Lemon Shrimp is well served with Steam Rice