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