Claypot Prawn Recipes

Clay pot Prawn Recipes

Cooking food in clay pot adds more flavor to the dish and here are two authentic prawn recipes.
  • Prawn pepper fry
  • Prawn chukka made in clay pot

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PRAWN CHUKKA
 
INGREDIENTS:
 
To marinade:
Prawns -1/2 kg
Salt – to taste
Chili powder-11/2 tsp
Turmeric-
cumin powder-1 tsp
coriander powder -1 tsp
Lemon juice-1 tsp
 
To Grind:
Garlic cloves – 6-8
sliced coconut -1/2 cup
 
we also need:
Sesame oil -3 tbsp
Red chilies -3
curry leaves -few chopped
Chopped onion -1 cup
 
METHOD:
  • Marinade prawns with the listed ingredients to marinade for at least 30 minutes
  • Grind  the garlic cloves and sliced coconut into a coarse paste
  • To a clay pot add sesame oil and temper with red chilies and curry leaves
  • Then add a cup of chopped onions and fry it until it turns golden brown color. Transfer  the onions to a plate  and keep it aside 
  • To the same clay pot add marinated prawns, sauté for  a  minute.
  • Add the ground coarse coconut paste to it , saute well for 3-5 minutes.
  • Cover it with a plate and cook on simmer for 10 minutes.
  • After 10 minutes, add the sautéed onions and cook for another 5-7 minutes on medium keeping it open
  • Prawn chukka is ready to serve.

PRAWN PEPPER FRY

INGREDIENTS:
Prawns -1/2 kg
Sesame oil – 3-4 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste -1 tbsp
Slit Green chilies -2 
Curry leaves – few
Shallots -1 cup finely chopped
Salt – to taste
Turmeric -1/4 tsp
Coriander powder -1 tsp
Cumin powder -2 tsp
Chili powder -1/2 tsp
Tomato -1 small finely chopped
Fennel powder -1/2 tsp
Pepper powder -1 -11/2 tsp
 
METHOD:
  • To a clay pot heat sesame oil and add a tbsp of ginger garlic paste
  • Sauté the ginger garlic paste until the raw flavor goes off.
  • Add in slit green chili and curry leaves  and then finely chopped shallots .
  • Sauté it until it turns translucent.
  • Put in salt, turmeric , coriander powder, cumin powder, chili powder and mix well
  • Then add in chopped tomato and put the stove on medium
  • Cook until the tomato becomes mushy .Add 3/4 cup of water and cook it on a high flame.
  • Let it come to a boil. Keep cooking until oil oozes in the corners.
  • When the oil oozes , add in the prawns.
  • Coat the prawns well with the masala ,  and cook for 5 minutes.
  • Finish it off by adding fennel powder and pepper powder and cook it for another 1 minute.
  • Prawn pepper fry in claypot is ready to serve
 
 
 
 

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