Puducherry

Puducherry prawn varuval

Name: Puducherry prawn varuval
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Puducherry
Ingredients: 500 g cleaned and deveined prawns (shrimp); 1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); Salt, to taste; 3 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1 tsp fennel seeds; 2 sprigs curry leaves; Shallots, about 15 small onions, chopped; 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste; 1 small chopped tomato; 2 tsp red chilli powder (indian red chili powder); 2 tsp coriander powder (ground coriander); 1 tsp freshly crushed black pepper; a handful coriander leaves (cilantro)

Prawns roasted dry with pepper, fennel and curry leaves. Every bite is shouting, in a nice way.

35 minTime

27 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

248kcal

27 gprotein

4 gfibre

35minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Prawns (shrimp)500 g, cleaned and deveined

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Saltto taste

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)3 tbsp

Fennel seeds1 tsp

Curry leaves2 sprigs

Shallotsabout 15 small onions, chopped

Ginger garlic paste1 tbsp

Tomato1 small, chopped

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)2 tsp

Coriander powder (ground coriander)2 tsp

Black pepper1 tsp, freshly crushed

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful

Method

5 steps

1Toss the prawns with turmeric and a little salt and keep aside for 10 minutes.
2Heat oil, add fennel and curry leaves, then the shallots. Fry until golden.
3Add ginger garlic paste and fry until fragrant, then the tomato, chilli powder and coriander powder. Cook until thick and oily.
4Add the prawns and stir fry on high, turning, until they curl into a C and turn pink and opaque.
5Sprinkle the crushed pepper and coriander, toss for a minute and serve hot.

Serve it like this

Pile onto a plate with fried curry leaves on top and a lemon wedge, beside rasam rice or curd rice.

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Puducherry prawn varuval

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