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