Taste Magazine
Login/Register
Menu
  • Home
  • Recipes
    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
    • Starters
    • Mains
    • Desserts
    • Drinks
    • View all
  • Ingredients
    • Asparagus
    • Avocado
    • Beetroot
    • Berries
    • Cheese
    • Chicken
    • Mielies
    • Potatoes
    • Spinach
    • View all
  • Dishes
    • Chakalaka
    • Braai
    • Fridge desserts
    • Mediterranean
    • Sandwiches
    • Plant-based
    • Potjies
    • View all
  • Occasions
    • Birthdays
    • Ramadan
    • Eid
    • Easter
    • Pesach
    • Diwali
    • Hanukkah
    • Christmas
    • New Year’s Eve
  • Popular
    • South African
    • Air fryer
    • Braai
    • Five-ingredients or less
    • 30 minutes or less
    • Great Value
  • Win
    • Competitions
    • Competition Winners
  • Culture
    • Articles
    • How To
    • Columns
    • Glossary
  • WList™ great value hub
  • WCellar
  • Login
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletter sign up
Editor’s picks
Butternut, carrot and ginger soup with roasted chickpeas
Butternut recipes

Butternut, carrot and ginger soup with roasted chickpeas

45 minutes
Lemon queen of puddings
Citrus recipes

Lemon queen of puddings

30 minutes
Easy lamb shank pie
Lamb recipes

Easy lamb shank pie

50 minutes
  • Home
  • Recipes
  • Takes a little effort
Buttery roast turkey with sausage stuffing and plums
Christmas recipes

Buttery roast turkey with sausage stuffing and plums

3 hours
Blinis

Blinis

30 minutes
Nutty Wheat, sweet potato, orange and dark chocolate bundt cake with milk chocolate ganache and white chocolate shavings
Afternoon tea

Nutty Wheat, sweet potato, orange and dark chocolate bundt cake with milk chocolate ganache and white chocolate shavings

1 hour
Gooey brown-sugar meringues with white chocolate mousse and coffee syrup
Afternoon tea

Gooey brown-sugar meringues with white chocolate mousse and coffee syrup

45 minutes
Sweetcorn bread with Parmesan ice cream and lemon confit

Sweetcorn bread with Parmesan ice cream and lemon confit

60 minutes
Raw candy-striped beetroot, jasmine and radish shavings with truffle aioli
Beetroot recipes

Raw candy-striped beetroot, jasmine and radish shavings with truffle aioli

Dense white chocolate cake with buttercream roses

Dense white chocolate cake with buttercream roses

2 hours
Eggs Benedict
Breakfast recipes

Eggs Benedict

30 minutes
Jalebi
Diwali recipes

Jalebi

8 minutes
Crispy pork belly sandwich

Crispy pork belly sandwich

2 hours
Chocolate mousse, espresso sabayon with roasted strawberries
Berry recipes

Chocolate mousse, espresso sabayon with roasted strawberries

1 hour
Wok-fried garlicky prawns with ponzu aioli and crunchy celery salad

Wok-fried garlicky prawns with ponzu aioli and crunchy celery salad

10 minutes
Load more
  • Taste Magazine
  • shop online at woolworths. Shop Now
© 2026 Woolworths holdings limited. All rights strictly reserved.
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Media24
Please login or register to favourite a recipe.
Login/Register

Wok-fried garlicky prawns with ponzu aioli and crunchy celery salad

By Abigail Donnelly
4
Easy
30 minutes
10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 30 ml butter
  • 15 ml canola oil
  • 1 kg prawns, cleaned and deveined
  • 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
  • sea salt
  • For the ponzu aioli:

  • 3 free-range egg yolks
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 5 ml Dijon mustard
  • 250 ml canola oil
  • 90 ml ponzu sauce
  • For the crunchy celery salad:

  • 3 celery stalks, with leaves, sliced
  • 2 avocados, sliced
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • half a lemon, juiced

Method

1. Place a wok directly onto hot coals and add the butter, oil and garlic.

2. When the butter has melted, add the prawns. Toss the prawns while cooking to prevent them from overcooking. Season with salt, then remove from the wok.

3. Serve the wok-fried prawns with the ponzu aïoli spooned over, or as a dipping sauce and the salad on the side.

4. To make the ponzu aioli, place the egg yolks, garlic and Dijon mustard into a mixing bowl and whisk while slowly pouring in the oil.

5. Keep whisking until the mixture has increased in volume and is pale in colour. Add the ponzu sauce and whisk until well combined.

6. To make the crunchy celery salad, place the celery and avocado in a mixing bowl. Season to taste and add the lemon juice. Mix gently to combine.

Cook’s note: Ponzu is a citrus flavoured soya.