Dry Prawns Curry / Unakka Chemeen Curry

I didnt know that we can make it till i made it today.
2 days back when in called my mother in law, she gave me this quick recipe telling that "He will like it". I was a bit hesitant to make it because i didnt get any measurements for the ingredients. It was just what all to use. And she starts laughing when i ask her something twice. And to boost her, from here Raj will start telling "Tell it properly, she doesnt know anything" :-)
Jokes apart, most of my recipes did come from her :-)

As it doesnt have any heavy pieces of fish in it, its better to have the gravy thick.

Ingredients (Serves 3)
Dry Prawns - 15 gms
Dry Red Chilly - 2
Curry Leaves - few
Tamarind - 10 gms
Water - 1 1/2 cups
Turmeric - a pinch
Chilly powder - 1 tsp
Coconut grated - 1/2 cup
Pearl Onion - 2
Salt

Dry roast the prawns, red chilly and curry leaves for 5 minutes in medium heat
Now give it a quick pulse in a grinder  Do not grind it
Soak the tamarind in water and extract it.
Boil the tamarind water, add salt, turmeric and chilly powder. Add the dry prawns mixture and let it boil for 5-6 minutes
Meanwhile grind the coconut and crush the onions.
Now add this mixture into the curry and let it get cooked for another 5 minutes.
Do a test taste and take it off from heat

Serve with Hot rice or Dosa

Happy Eating!!!

Unakka Chemmen Chammanthi

Unakka Chemmen Chammanthi doesnt need any introduction ryt? We missed it when we reached here because we didn't find dry prawns any where here. When our friends returned from Kerala after a vacation, luckily they were able to bring some for us.
The Chammanthi is really very tasty that you can eat a plate full of rice just with that.

Ingredients (Serves 2)
Dry Prawns - 1/2 cup
Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
Dry Red Chilly - 4-5 nos
Tamarind - a small piece
Ginger - a small piece
Pearl Onion - 1-2
Water - 3-4 tbsp
Curry Leaves
Salt

Dry roast the Dry Prawns along with curry leaves, ginger, pearl onion for 4-5 mins in medium flame
Add grated coconut along with the red chilly and dry roast them for 5-6 mins more.
Now grind this mixture along with salt and tamarind. You can add the water in between which will help in the grinding process.

Serve with hot rice and enjoy

Enjo Eating!!!

Simple Prawns Fry

Simple Prawns Fry

In my kitchen there should be some non veg item or else i get a gloomy face for my lunch and i hate it. It just erases whatever i have made that day. So this is something that i try when i need to have that item whereas i don't want to spend more time for that.
This is really fast and tasty that suddenly i see a Happy Face :-)
As he doesnt like easy foods, i dont tell him that it was Easy :-)

Ingredients (Serves 2)
Prawns - 10 nos
Chilly Pdr - 1/2 tsp
Pepper pdr - a big pinch
Salt
Turmeric pdr - a small pinch
Oil - 3 tbsp

Marinate the cleaned prawns with Chilly Pdr, Pepper, turmeric and salt for 30 mins
Heat oil in a pan and stir fry the Prawns. Flip over once its done on one side

Oh you didn't realize its this easy? Sorry for that :-)

Note: Cooking Prawns doesn't take much time. It gets cooked in 1-2 mins max for one side.

Serve hot with Rice

Try and let me know how it went for you

Happy Eating!!!