Step 1

Mix together the sauce ingredients and keep aside.

Step 2

To the shrimp add the salt, crushed black pepper and white pepper. Mix. Then stir in one beaten egg.

Step 3

In a bowl or ziplock bag, add the flour and cornflour (cornstarch). Add the shrimp and shake the bag to coat everything well.

Step 4

Heat oil in a pan for shallow-frying. Drop the shrimp without overcrowding the pan. Fry in batches if your pan is small.

Step 5

Fry on medium-high heat till golden and crispy on both sides.

Step 6

Remove on a plate and keep aside.

Step 7

In the same, use 2 tbsp of the remaining oil. Saute the ginger and garlic on medium heat. Add the crushed red pepper at this point if you like more spice.

Step 8

Pour the sauce, reduce the heat to low and let the sauce thicken and get glossy. Stir continuously so that the sauce doesn't get clumpy.

Step 9

Then turn off heat and toss in the fried shrimp.

Step 10

Remove on a serving plate and garnish with toasted sesame seeds and spring onion.

Step 11

Enjoy it with steamed rice or on a bed of plain stir-fried noodles.