Prawn fried (Serves 2)
Ingredients:
- Prawns (Half cooked packaged/Raw) - 12
- Ginger paste - 1/2 tsp
- Garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
- Chilli powder - 1 tsp (Depending on how spicy you want, you can add 1/2 tsp more)
- Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
- Salt according to taste or 1/2 tsp
- Self raising flour/Wheat flour/Maida
- Semolina/rava
- Oil for frying.
Recipe:
- Mix all the ingredients from 1 to 6 and marinade the prawns for about 15-20 min.
- Mix semolina and self rasing flour to make coating for the prawns, Coat them well. Tap excess flour.
- Heat 3 - 4 tsp of oil in the pan and shallow fry the prawns in a pan with oil for about 6-7 mins (if using raw prawns) or 3-4 mins (if ur using half cooked prawns) .
- Put the fried prawns on to a tissue to drain excess oil.
- Enjoy eating with rice and mussel curry.
Mussels curry (Serves 2)
Ingredients:
- Mussels cleaned - 1 cup (cleaned, if using the clamped ones boil them in salt water , clean and freeze them to keep handy)
- Coconut milk - 1 cup (You can also use coconut milk powder to make in fast )
- Onion, finely chopped 1
- Curry leaves - 1-2 strands
- Green chilies - 1-2 nos.
- Garlic-ginger paste 2 tsp
- Turmeric ½ tsp
- Cumin powder - 1 tsp
- Coriander powder-1 tsp
- Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
- Chilli powder - 1 tsp ( if you like for spicy then u can use 1 and 1/2 tsp)#
- Vegetable oil 3 tbsp
- Salt, to taste
- Heat the oil in a large, heavy-bottom skillet/ deep botton vessel.
- Add the onion and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally for 7 minutes, or until gold.
- Add the garlic-ginger paste, cumin, coriander, turmeric, chilies and pinch of salt and black pepper and cook, stirring constantly for additional 2 minutes.
- Add coconut milk, bring to a boil.
- Add the mussels, cover, and cook for 5-7 minutes ( if using raw then cook until the mussels have opened.Discard any mussels that remain shut.)
- Transfer the mussels with the coconut sauce to a serving dish.
