Name: Kerala Prawns Fry
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Kerala, Indian
Ingredients: 500g prawns, cleaned and deveined; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 2 tbsp chilly powder; ½ tsp ground coriander; ½ tsp garlic paste; ½ tsp ginger paste; ½ tsp ground black pepper; 1/2 tsp lemon juice; ½ of 1 medium onion, sliced (optional); 1 sprig of curry leaves (optional); Oil for shallow frying the prawns

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.

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Yield: 2

Kerala Prawns Fry

This prawns fry is easy to make and ready in 20 minutes.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

500g prawns, cleaned and deveined
½ tsp ground turmeric
2 tbsp chilly powder
½ tsp ground coriander
½ tsp garlic paste
½ tsp ginger paste
½ tsp ground black pepper
1/2 tsp 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 Information

Yield

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 399Total Fat 12gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 10gCholesterol 533mgSodium 200mgCarbohydrates 10gFiber 1gSugar 2gProtein 58g

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Comments

Aruna Panangipally says

April 24, 2014 at 9:27 am

These look tempting enough to turn me from a vegetarian to a fish eater (prawn eater) at least!!!

jkayyliving says

April 24, 2014 at 3:37 pm

Is this really spicy?

- Nish Kitchen says
  
  April 27, 2014 at 11:19 am
  
  Yes, it is. But you can reduce the amount of chilly powder and just add a bit of paprika for the color.
  
feedingthesonis says

April 24, 2014 at 10:22 pm

Looks delicious! I love prawns! I would love to try this recipe soon looks simple..easy does it for me ?

sabitha says

June 23, 2015 at 11:47 pm

Yummy!! Looks delicious 🙂