Chemmeen Roast (Shrimp/Prawns)
Recipe: Chemmeen Roast
Summary: A mouth watering authentic Kerala dish made from shrimp/prawn.
Ingredients
prawns – 1 pound
onion – 2 medium thinly sliced
pearl onions – 5 nos chopped
ginger – garlic paste – 1tbspn
masala powder
green chillies – 4 splitted lengthwise
tomato – 2 nos
turmeric powder – 1/4tspn
chilly powder – 2tbspn
coriander powder – 1 1/2tspn
curry leaves
coconut oil – 4tbspn
salt – to taste
to make masala powder
fennel seeds – 1tspn
black peppercorns – 1tspn
4-5 small half inch cinnamon sticks
clove – 1
cardamom – 1
to marinate
red chilly powder – 1tspn
turmeric powder – 1/4 tspn
fresh black pepper powder – 1/2tspn
fennel seeds – 1/2tspn
ginger- garlic paste – 1/2tspn
curry leaves
lemon juice – 1tbspn
salt – to taste
Instructions
Make a paste with the ingredients in the” to marinate” section. Clean the shrimp and marinate it.Let it marinate for 1 hr in the refrigerator.
Heat oil in a kadai,fry till prawns are half cooked.And keep aside.
In this oil, saute chopped onions untill translucent.
Add ginger,garlic,masala powder,and green chillies.Saute for 1 min.
Add chopped tomatoes, with turmeric powder,chilly powder,coriander powder,curry leaves,salt.
stir and cook untill tomatoes are mashed well. 8.Add fried prawns to this paste,and let it cook on low flame for 5 minutes.
If there is no water,pour 1/4 cup water and mix well.Again cook for 5 minutes to form a thick gravy.
Remove from fire and serve hot.
Serve with paratha, pathiri, or rice.
Cooking time (duration): 30 minutes
Diet type: Non-Vegetarian
Number of servings (yield): 4
Meal type: Main Course
Culinary tradition: Indian (Southern)
Spicy rating:5.0
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Looks yummy, need to check it out.
Can u send a small portion of this chemmeen roast right away??? Yummmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyyy…………..