Simple prawn thokku

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Simple prawn thokku is a dish that makes Sundays special 🙂 I made it last week with frozen prawns as I am lazy to devein the fresh ones .. This recipe can be prepared the same way with fresh deveined prawns too. It requires very simple ingredients and nothing fancy. Prawn thokku is made by sauteing prawns in a onion tomato base with ginger garlic paste and some hooooot chillies. It can be had with plain rice and rasam . Tastes sooo goood.
 

Simple prawn thokku - whole 

Lets check out the recipe for Simple prawn thokku:

Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Side dish
Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook time: 20 mins | Total time: 25 mins | Serves: 3

Ingredients:

  • Prawn – 300 grams
  • Onions – 2 finely chopped
  • Green chilly – 2
  • Tomato – 3 , grind to a paste
  • Ginger – 1 tbsp
  • Garlic – 15 cloves
  • Turmeric powder – half tsp
  • Red chilly powder – 1 tsp
  • Coriander powder – 1 tsp
  • Fennel seeds – 1 tsp
  • Salt – to taste
  • Gingelly oil or any cooking oil – 5 tsp
  • Coriander leaves – to garnish

Method:

  1. Grind ginger and garlic to a paste, with 2 teaspoons of water.
  2. In a cast iron pan, heat oil.
  3. Once it is hot, temper with fennel seeds.
  4. Then, add slit green chillies and finely chopped onions. Add salt so that the onions get cooked quickly.
  5. Once the onions becomes soft, add ginger garlic paste and saute.
  6. Saute till the raw smell of ginger garlic is gone.
  7. Then, add tomato paste and saute till the oil separates from the sides.
  8. Then, add turmeric powder, chilly powder and coriander powder.
  9. Saute for a couple of minutes.
  10. Add deveined prawns and mix well. Prawns will leave out water and get cooked, so do not add water.
  11. After few minutes, the prawns will become curled and cooked.
  12. Switch off the heat and finally, garnish with chopped coriander leaves.Simple prawn thokku is ready to be enjoyed with hot rice !!!
  13. Simple prawn thokku 

Notes:

  • I have used extra hot chilly powder , if your chilly powder is less spicy then add more quantity.
  • Add pepper powder for more spiceness
  • I have used kasuri methi to garnish. You can use coriander leaves or kasuri methi as per your liking.

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