This is a spicy dish, well flavored with cocum and pepper. It is a simple and quick chemmeen roast/fry preparation. It goes well with rice. This prawns masala roast recipe is adapted from my mom-in-law 🙂
Here are other kerala style prawns recipes,
Prawns masala
Prawns Fry
Prawns curry with roasted coconut
Kerala Style Prawns/Shrimp Roast (Chemmeen / Konchu Olathiyathu)
This is a spicy dish, well flavored with cocum and pepper. It is a simple and quick chemmeen roast preparation. It goes well with rice.
Ingredients
- ½ Kilogram Prawns
Marination
- ½ Teaspoon turmeric Powder
- ½ Tablespoon pepper Powder
- 1 Tablespoon ginger
- 1 Tablespoon garlic
- 1 Cocum (Kudam puli, medium piece)
- salt
- 1 sprig curry leaves
Masala
- 1 Cup onion Small
- ½ Tablespoon Chilly Powder
- 1 Teaspoon coriander Powder (optional)
- 1 Teaspoon garam masala ( optional)
- coconut oil / vegetable oil
- 2 Tablespoons Thengakothu (Small Square Size Coconut Pieces )
- salt
Instructions
- Wash and clean the prawns. Mix together turmeric powder, pepper powder, ginger and garlic (paste form), cocum, salt curry leaves. Marinate prawns well with this mix.
- Cover and cook marinated prawns in a pan. Prawns itself has water in it. So you may need to add only 1 - 2 tablespoon water to it. It should not get overcooked as well.
- Ideally, prawns should get cooked by the time water gets dried up.
- Heat 1 -2 tablespoon oil in a pan. Fry the coconut pieces in medium flame. Stir it continuously. Remove the fried pieces and keep it aside.
- Heat oil in the same pan and add finely sliced small onion. Saute until it becomes golden brown color.
- Add chilli powder, coriander powder, and garam masala to it. Saute it well. Add oil if required.
- Now add cooked prawns and fried coconut pieces to the above mixture. Adjust salt. Mix well, add required oil and cook it covered for around 10 minutes. Stir in between. Prawns get roasted well with this. Enjoy with rice 🙂
Nutrition
Calories: 227kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 35gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 420mgSodium: 1321mgPotassium: 268mgFiber: 2gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 420IUVitamin C: 24.9mgCalcium: 268mgIron: 4.2mg
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Tried it out. Really tasty! Thanks Jane!
Great that you tried this, Thanks :)
Good one. Thanks. Tried this and came out good.
Just made this.. Looked at your pic again.. I think I have to fry it a little bit more.. brb :-)
Very nice!! Really spicy!
Sherin, please post a picture:)
Very nice recipe jane, what can we use substitute of cocum.
Mohana,Try replacing it with 1/2 tsp tamarind paste.
Sherin, I always roast it well til it gets that black color :)
Thanks jane.
Didn't want to overcook it though.. so it's not as fried.. but tastes delicious.. as for the pic-well it's not a sumptuous looking as the one posted here :-) nevertheless tastes great.. and i i actually forgot to put the cocum, but still tastes great..
It's one of the yummiest shrimp recipes I have tried! Loved it!!