Dried Prawns Chutney: With out coconut.

Dried prawns: 1/2 cup.
Red chili - 4 or more depends on your tolerance level.
Shallot, if not red onion- 1/4 cup sliced.
Garlic flakes- 1
Ginger - 1/2 teaspoon (sliced)
Curry leaves - 2 or 3
Tamarind pulp - 1/2 teaspoon or a tiny from that square stuff u get ..:)
Salt
Oil
Hing (a pinch- optional)

1.Deep Fry onion, ginger, garlic,dried red chili and curry leaves for 3 minutes in medium hot oil or till they roast.
Remove from heat.
2.Fry the shrimp/prawns.
Allow this to cool.
3.Grind well with salt. Pour the remaining oil on top and serve hot or cold. Enjoy.

Prawns in coconut gravy/Chemeen theeyal

Prawns in coconut gravy/ chemmeen theeyal .

Method :

1.       Prawns : 250 gm

2.       Shallots : 10 (this taste best)

OR Onion medium = 1

3.       Turmeric powder- ¼ tsp.

4.       Fenugreek powder – ½ tsp.

5.       Kashmiri chilli powder –  ½ tsp.

6.       Tamarind – a small lemon ball sized.

7.       Mustard seeds .

8.       Curry leaves.

9.       Dried Red chilli – 1 small.

10.   Oil- 2 tsp

Marinate the Prawn with turmeric, fenugreek powder, chilli powder,salt and keep this aside for 15 mins

For the roast:

11.   Grated coconut – ¼ cup

12.   Coriander powder – 1 tsp.

13.   Kashmiri chilli powder – 1 tsp.

14.   Pepper powder – 1 tsp.

15.   Cumin powder – ¼ tsp.

16.   Garam masala – a pinch.

Method :

1.       Soak the Tamarind ball in little more than ¼ cup of hot water for 10- 15 mins and extract the pulp from it.

2.       Dry roast the grated coconut in a non-stick pan and stir well for 3 – 5 mins or till it turn to drak brown from golden brown stir well in medium flame . When the colour is changing to dark brown, reduce the flame to low and add all other ingredients and mix well for 2 or 3 mins then remove from heat and continue stirring for or two mins. ( This mixture should be dark brown).

3.       Once it is cool, grind to a very smooth paste consistency (use only few drops of water) this may take some time.

4.       Heat oil in a pan then add mustard seeds followed by red chilli and curry leaves.

5.       Add shallots or onion, add a pinch of salt, cover it with a lid and cook in low flame for 6 mins.

6.       Add the masala paste roast this for further 2 mins in medium flame.

7.       Add marinated shrip roast for another 1 or 2 mins then add little water cover and cook for 5 mins in low flame.

8.       Add the tamarind pulp, bring this to boil and remove from heat.

Tips:

·         Don’t overcook prawns then it will be chewy.

·         Few drops of fresh coconut oil on top of the curry will give you the traditional taste.

·         You can sprinkle gram masala at the end if you are looking for a raw taste, in that case don’t add that to the grinding mixture.

Dears, how are you all? Enjoying life? How is your moving? Hope you all are fine. To be honest I had no intention on updating the recipe section this week and I promised someone I won’t do it. Late last week I had a chat with someone and of course we started sharing our passion for Prawns curries. I was bit surprised, because of the particular caste she belongs to I never expected her to be a Prawns fan. Yes expectations are meant to be broken right? Then she shared that secret. Her hostel mate was a Christian girl from my place, so no wonder why her taste buds turned as non-veg ambassador. She asked me is it possible for me to share the recipe of this particular dish…and she tried to explain how it taste and she was not sure about the ingredients. I asked her couple of open and closed questions. At the end of it I took a wild guess and prepared the dish and sent her the recipe. Today she pinged me and said she prepared the dish last night in her friend’s house. It is exactly the same one. So dear, Ms G I am glad you liked it.

Prawns Biriyani/chemeen biriyani

Prawns Biriyani/chemeen biriyani a photo by {deepapraveen very busy with work..back soon on Flickr.

Prawns Biryani / Chemmeen Biryani.


1. Prawns: 250 gm.
2. Rice : 1 cup.
3.Cinnamon /cloves/cardamom crushed - 1 tsp.
4.Bay leaf- 1
5.Butter - 1 tsp
6.Lime juice - 2 tsp
7.Water - 2cup
8.Onion thinly sliced - 2 medium ones
9.Green chili - 1
10. Ginger and Garlic paste- 1 1/2 tsp
11.Tomato small chopped - 1
12.Yogurt - 4 tsp
13.Chili powder - 4/3 tsp
14. Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
15. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
16.Garam masala - 1 tsp
17. Coconut milk thin - 1/4 cup.
Oil

Method:


1.Marinate the prawns with chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, lemon juice tsp, salt leave in room temperature for 30 mnts.

2.Soat rice for 15 mnts and drain.

3. Heat butter in a pan and add bay leaf and powdered spices. After one or two mnt add the rice and fry for 3-4 mnts.

4. Add water (preferably boiling water) then add one tsp lime juice and bit salt cook this covered till done.

5. Once it is cool keep this refrigerated for 2 hours. (optional)

6. Heat oil in a pan and fry the marinated prawns for 3- 6 mnts. Remove the prawns then add onion and saute for 3 mnts, then add crushed ginger, garlic paste fry for 2 mnts, then add chopped tomatoes fry for another 4 mnts or then add the fried prawns back to it and mix well for further 2 mnts or till the masala is dry. Once it is dry mix yogurt with coconut milk and add this to the masala.

For baking.

a) Microwave: Layer the masala first in a bowel then add spread rice as next layer repeat the process till rice and masala is over and microwave in high for 4 mnts.

b) Pan : Heat 1 tsp gee in a pan Layer rice and masala. Cover it with lid and cook in low flame for 4 mnts stir once.

Garnish with fried onions,raisins, nuts.
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prawn fry

prawn fry, originally uploaded by Deepa.Praveen.

What u miss the most if u are away from home?

Ofcourse yes , food prepared by your mom.

Same to me.

And as he is a strict veggi, some of my fvrt non veg things started appearing in my dreams.

If you feel something is away from u, u started thinking about it over and over.

My valluvanadan is quite ok with my non veg cooking at home. He encourges it too. Because since it is non veg he can escape from me. More over he can go back too one of his fvrt dal dish which i hate the most.

So few days back i made at attempt and here is the result.

As it looks it was not a failure. would u like to try?

Here we go
Large prawns 5( small prawns 10): deveined ,pealed and washed.
Chilli powder: 1tsp
Turmeric powder:1/4 tsp
Garam masala : 1/2 tsp
Ground Pepper powder :1/2 tsp
Lemon juice :1 1/2
cocunut oil :3-5 tbl spoon
salt : as per ur taste
Big onion: thinly sliced :1
green chilli:finely chopped:3-4
garlic:finely chopped 1 clove
ginger :1

curry leaves : 10
musturd :1/4 tsp.

Step one:
We need a marinade with all the powders ,lemon juice and prawns and one spoon oil. Apply thi to our prawns and leave it in there for half and hour.

Step two:

Shallow fry prawns. Leave it in heat for around 2-3 mnts,prawns needs little cooking time. Dont over cook.

In another pan, crack musturd in oil,apply sliced onion,bit turmeric,salt,ginger,green chilli, garlic, and curry leaves. When it turns to little golden brown add the leaft over masalas in that prawns dish to it. Reduce the heat to low and when that raw smell goes add the prawns to it. stir well for two three mints. IF u need littile gravy put less that 1/4 glass water too that masala leftover plate and apply the same to our fry leave it der another few mnts. Apply salt. stir well ur fry is ready