Scallops in Black Sauce

Scallops in Black Sauce

Prep Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Serves: 2-3

Ingredients-
Baby scallops - 1 pound
Soy Sauce - 1 tablespoon
Corn Starch - 1 tablespoon
Garlic Cloves finely chopped - 1-2
Green Chilies finely chopped - 2
Black pepper - 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste.
Oil 2 tablespoon
Water 1/2 cup

Method-

Making Black sauce:

• Take some water in small bowl and dissolve the corn starch and keep it aside.
• Heat up 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan. Add garlic, green chilies. 
• when garlic starts becoming golden brown,add soy sauce,black pepper,water and salt if necessary.
• After a minute add corn starch which is dissolved in water and keep on stirring the sauce till it starts thickening a bit.
• Once the sauce has reach a thick consistency remove it from the flame and keep it aside.

Cooking the scallops:

• Heat up 1 tablespoon of oil in another pan. Add the baby scallops,salt to taste if necessary and suate it for 3 minutes or till the scallops cook.
• Once the scallops are cooked, add the black sauce on top of it and simmer it on medium heat for a minute.
• Garnish it by sprinkling finely chopped spring onion
• Server it hot with rice.