PRAWN PAKODA

Preparation Time : 15 minutes

Cooking Time : 15 minutes

Total Time : 30 minutes

Spicy prawn pakora are prawn fritters that go perfectly as a non-veg starter or as a tea time snack.

INGREDIENTS :

·         2 tablespoons besan / chick pea flour

·         2 tablespoon corn flour or chick pea flour or rice flour

·         1 small onion sliced thinly.

·         1large sprig of fresh curry leaves torn or mint leaves.

·         1 large chilli chopped

·         1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste or crushed ginger garlic.

·         1/4 teaspoon garam masala powder.

·         Salt as needed for the batter

·         oil for deep frying.

Marination:

·         10 prawns

·         1/4 teaspoon Red chili powder

·         1/8 teaspoon turmeric powder

·         salt as needed.

·         1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice or vinegar.

HOW TO MAKE THE RECIPE :

1.    Devein prawns and remove the tails. Wash and drain them.

2.    Marinate prawns with ingredients mentioned under marination and set aside for atleast 15 minutes.

3.    Heat oil in a kadai foe deep frying.

4.    Add the rest of the ingredients oil to the already marinated prawns. Mix gently to coat the prawns well with fdry flours, if needed sprinkle 1 teaspoon water and mix. The mix must be just moist enough.

5.    Once the oil is hot, put the flame to medium high, hold each prawn along with some onions, curry leaves batter and drop in the oil.

6.    Take care not to burn them, flip them to the other side and fry till golden. Drain them on a absorbent tissue.make batches and fry all the prawns until you finish.

7.    Once you finish frying all the pakora, repeat frying them for a minute, this gives a good crunchy texture to the fritters.

8.    Best served while hot, they begin to lose the crunch after a while. Contact More Fresh SeaFood in Chennai Kadalunavu.com