Lemon Butter Prawns Spaghetti

The “lemon butter” in the name attracted me to prepare this recipe. I had never used lemon zest in any kind of culinary exploits till now. And it did turn out too good!

Ingredients:
Lemon Zest ½ tsp Red Chilli Flakes ½ tsp

50 gms Salted Butter (Amul)

8 medium sized Prawns

100 gms Spaghetti (Bambino)
Salt, Pepper, Lemon juice to taste

Method:
For the Prawns:

Add Lemon Zest & Chilli Flakes to the butter, mix well with a spoon, and keep it overnight. This will help infuse both the lemony and the chilli flavour into the butter.

Heat butter in a pan, and add the prawns, and sauté on low heat, turning them once, for 2 mins. Add salt n pepper to taste. Cover and cook for 3 mins and the prawns are done.

For the Spaghetti:
Add Spaghetti to boiling water, stir once in a while, add a spoonful of salt and cook for 10 to 12 mins.
Remove the Spaghetti once done, into a plate, and squeeze juice of half a lemon into it.

Now gently add the prawns and the lemon sauce to the Spaghetti, and enjoy it while it is still hot!

Note: take care while adding the salt, the butter is salted, and the Spaghetti too has been cooked in Salted boiling water.
Lemon Zest: Grate the lemon surface gently on a smallest size grater, and one lemon gives you half a tsp of zest.