Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Prawns varattiyathu

This prawn varattiyathu or inji chemmeen is again one of my Mom's dishes & my husband's favourite..she makes it without fail every time her son-in-law visits her. I dont remember how many times i must've made this either with fresh or frozen prawns; but when i have the one that she makes, it tastes so much better ..i guess thats what mom's love is all about !

my mom prefers to call it inji chemmeen 'cos it uses more ginger than anything else..its very simple to make ..with minimum ingredients u might wonder 'oh thats all is it done?'



Ingredients:

  1. prawns (cleaned & deveined) - 250 gms
  2. chilly powder - 2 tsps
  3. turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
  4. salt to taste
  5. ginger - 2 tbsp (finely chopped)
  6. green chilly - 1 chopped
  7. curry leaves - 7-8
  8. coconut oil - 2 tsp

Method :

  • cook prawns with 1/2 tsp chilly powder, turmeric powder & salt.
  • Heat oil in a pan. throw in the ginger, green chillies & curry leaves.fry for a little while.
  • Add remaining chilly powder & saute till the raw smell goes.
  • now add prawns with the water (if any) & mix well. Fry for 2 more mts.
  • spicy prawns r ready ..enjoy !

7 comments:

indosungod said...

Deena, Prawns are my favorite, this is like you said a minimum ingredients dish and with all that ginger sure tastes wonderful.

FH said...

Less is always more!!:))
Love the color and the second photo.

Jyothi said...

Hi Deena! lovely color of prawns. This is my hubby's favourite dish. Thanks for sharing.

deena said...

thanks ISG, hope u try it !
ya Asha even i like the second one..
thanks jyothi!

USHA said...

Good to see this recipe,itlooks tempting////.Oh i missed it..just 15minutes back i marinated prawns for preparing biriyani///will sure try next time.Thanks.

deena said...

thanks usha ..do try it next time ..

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