Author: Jane Jojo Updated on:
An easy and mouthwatering Prawns/Shrimp shallow fry which you can prepare in 30 minutes. This Chemmeen/Konchu fry is great as an appetizer, and also goes as a side-dish with rice. The best part is, you need just five ingredients! The recipe inspired by our uncle’s prawns fry preparation for our family get-together.
Here are other kerala style prawns recipes,
Prawns roast
Prawns masala
Prawns curry with roasted coconut
Summary
(125 votes, average: 4.46 out of 5)
Loading...- Course Appetizer, Side Dish
- Cuisine Indian, kerala
- Yield 3 people
- Cooking Time 25 minutes
- Preparation Time 5 minutes
- Total Time 30 minutes
Ingredients
prawns / shrimp
1/2 kilogram
Marinate
chilli powder
2 tablespoon
turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon
salt
1 teaspoon
Fry / Garnish
grated coconut
3/4 cup
curry leaves
2 sprig
coconut oil / vegetable oil
Steps
- Marinate cleaned prawns with the ingredients listed under marination. Keep it aside for 30 minutes. I used peeled and deveined shrimp.
- Fry prawns - Heat oil in a flat and wide pan. I prefer coconut oil for frying. This is a shallow fry preparation, and a flat pan works the best.
- At medium-high flame, add prawns to the pan. Shallow fry the prawns for around 5-7 minutes on each side or until golden-brownish. Keep it aside. Fry prawns in batches. Don't overcrowd the pan.
- Fry coconut - You can use the same pan to fry coconut. Leave 1 tbsp oil in the pan. Remove the excess oil. At medium flame, add grated coconut and curry leaves. Sprinkle salt. Fry it until golden.
- When it's almost done, bring back the fried prawns. Mix everything well and give a couple of minutes for the flavors to get blended. Adjust salt if needed. Enjoy 🙂
Notes
- You can also prepare it with the tiger prawns. With tiger prawns, marinate the prawns as per the recipe, insert a toothpick through the prawns and then fry. Inserting toothpick, helps to get the prawns fried properly.
