1. Clean, peel and devein your shrimp but make sure to keep the tail and place in a large bowl
2. Add salt to the shrimp and mix well let marinate for 10 mins
3. Add chopped garlic, oyster sauce, dark soya sauce, sesame oil, basil and pepper and let marinate for 20 mins or half day for even more flavour
4. In a bowl place the vermicelli and add boiling water to cover the vermicelli and cover with a plate let soften and cook
5. In the meant time, cut green onions into 1 inch long sprigs
6. Julienne the carrot and cut 1 inch long in length (to save Time you can also grate your carrots on the larger side of the grater
7. Cut your wonton wrappers in half diagonally so they are triangular shaped

Wrapping

1. In a small bowl mix cornstarch and water
2. Get 1 wonton triangular shaped wrapper place it so the tip of the triangle is at the top
3. Place one marinated shrimp in the middle of the triangle and let the tail fall outside of the wonton wrapper at the bottom
4. On top of the shrimp add a bit of vermicelli, some julienned carrots and a few sprigs of green onions
5. Take the left corner of the wonton wrapper and fold it over to the right covering and wrapping the shrimp
6. Fold down the top tip of the triangle onto the shrimp and make sure to tuck well and start rolling toward the right to wrap up your shrimp completely
7. As soon as you reach the right corner of your triangle with your fingers dab some of the cornstarch and water mixture to glue the end of the wrapper onto your rolled up shrimp
8. And there you have one firecracker shrimp ready to be fried, repeat for the rest
9. In a pot add some oil enough for you to shallow fry the shrimp set heat to medium
10. Once your oil is hot enough place in a few of your shrimp and fry while flipping every few mins to make sure it’s evenly coloured and once golden brown remove and set on a plate with a paper towel to absorb the oil