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
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