Usually I refrain from cooking prawns. It’s not that I hate them but because of the fact that cleaning them eats up an awful amount of valuable time. I know you’ll agree with me.
However, on the other side, I’d love some succulent fried prawns for dinner. And I’d prefer to buy fresh prawns with shells intact rather than the pre-cleaned ones. For some reason, they don’t look “fresh” to me. Having said that, you are welcome to use pre-cleaned prawns in this recipe.
More Prawns Recipes
- Prawn Mango Curry | Chemmeen Manga Curry
- Kerala Prawn Coconut Curry
- Creamy Lemon Pasta with Grilled Cajun Shrimp
- Kerala Prawn Roast ( Chemmen Roast)
- Prawns Drumstick Curry | Chemmeen Muringakka Theeyal
Ingredients
- 500 g prawns cleaned and deveined
- ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
- 2 tablespoon chilly powder
- ½ teaspoon ground coriander
- ½ teaspoon garlic paste
- ½ teaspoon ginger paste
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice
- ½ of 1 medium onion sliced (optional)
- 1 sprig of curry leaves optional
- Oil for shallow frying the prawns
Instructions
- Clean and devein the prawns. Place the cleaned prawns in a bowl.
- Marinate them with ground turmeric, chilly powder, ground coriander, ginger paste, garlic paste, and ground black pepper. Keep it covered in the refrigerator for 10 – 15 minutes.
- Heat oil in a frying pan, and arrange the prawns in a single layer.
- Shallow fry prawns until done. Throw in the sliced onions and curry leaves just before removing it from heat (Skip this step if you don’t like onions and curry leaves in fried prawns).
- Give a quick stir.
- Voila! It’s ready! Moist and succulent fried prawns.
- Serve hot with rice or chappathi.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 399kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 58g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 533mg | Sodium: 200mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g
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Aruna Panangipally says
These look tempting enough to turn me from a vegetarian to a fish eater (prawn eater) at least!!!
jkayyliving says
Is this really spicy?
Nish Kitchen says
Yes, it is. But you can reduce the amount of chilly powder and just add a bit of paprika for the color.
feedingthesonis says
Looks delicious! I love prawns! I would love to try this recipe soon looks simple..easy does it for me ?
sabitha says
Yummy!! Looks delicious 🙂