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Kerala Style Prawn Fry (Konju/Chemmeen Varuthathu)
September 17, 2020
Kerala Style Prawn Fry (Konju/Chemmeen Varuthathu)is a tasty and aromatic seafood delicacy from Kerala, India. It is a very favorable recipe for my home. There are several different ways of making shrimp/prawns fry, here is my version of a pan-fried prawn recipe with Kerala/Indian aromatic spices and a very little coconut oil. Trust me! Once you prepared this dish, you will prepare it again and again. I prefer using big prawns like Tiger prawns (Puli Konju) for this recipe. In Singapore, we get a good quality of fresh prawns. Check my Prawn Fry recipe video, you will enjoy my Singapore seafood shopping and Prawn fry recipe.
Video
Seafood Appetizer/ Side Dish
30-40 Minutes
2 to3
Ingredients For Prawn Fry
- Cleaned Prawn
- 500g
- Turmeric Powder
- 1/4 tsp
- Garam masala
- 1/4 tsp
- Red Chilly Powder
- 2 tsp
- Salt
- to taste
- Light Soya Sauce
- 1 tsp
- White Vinegar/ Lemon Juice
- 1 tsp
- Fennel seeds/Perumjeerakam
- 1/4 tsp
- finely chopped onion
- 1 tsp
- Curry Leaves
- few
- Green Chilly
- 2 (Cut into lengthwise)
- Rice Flour
- 1 tsp
- Coconut Oil
- 2-4 tablespoon
Ingredints For Ground Paste
- Chopped Ginger
- 1 tsp
- Chopped garlic
- 1 tsp
- Chopped Onion
- 2 tbsp
- Whole black pepper (kurumulakku)
- 1/2 tsp
- Fennel Seeds/Perumjeerakam
- 1 tsp
- Curry leaves
- few
How to make Kerala Style Prawn Fry (Konju/Chemmeen Varuthathu)
1. Clean and de-vein prawns and keep it aside.
2. In a mixer Jar, place together all the ingredients listed above ‘Ingredients For Ground Paste’.
3. Grind and make Corase paste.
4. In a mixing bowl, place 500g prawns, ground paste, garam masala 1/4 tsp, 2 tsp Chilly Powder, salt to taste, 1 tsp light soya sauce, 1 tsp white vinegar or lemon juice, 1 tsp finely chopped onions, 1/4 tsp fennel seeds, few curry leaves and 2 green chilly.
5. Mix and combine well, keep refrigerate next 10-15 minutes.
6. After 15 minutes, add 1 tsp rice flour.
7. Combine well. Adding rice flour helps to absorb masala very well to the prawns, also the prawn fry will become crispy.
8. For frying prawns, heat 1 tablespoon coconut oil in a frying pan. Oil is hot enough for frying, add prawns (try to fry them 2-3 batches). Sprinkle 1 tablespoon oil top of the frying prawns. Fry them very low -medium heat for a few more minutes or till both sides are crispy.
9. Serve hot as a finger food/appetizer or side dish for rice or noodles.
Wow this prawn fry recipe is really very amazing really loved this recipe . You have explained everything so well .I will surely try making prawn in the way you have shared. Thank you so much for sharing such a nice recipe.