Malabar prawn curry recipe is made up of the juicy prawns, blended with coconut masala and cooked in coconut oil, gives a very rice and unique taste.

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How to make Malabar Prawn Curry

Malabar Prawn Curry is my kids favorite curry. It tastes great with steamed rice or with idlis or Aappam or even with chappathi or roti. It can be made as a spicy one or with mild spiciness. I made with less spicy as I need to feed my daughter. I took the recipe from here. If you want to look for some tangy and spicy prawn dish you can have a look on prawn thokku or prawn gravy. For spicy dry version prawn dishes look on to Andhra style prawn fry or chemmeen roast. Let’s check on Malabar Prawn Curry and it’s preparation. 

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8. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with rice. 

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Malabar Prawn Curry | How to make Malabar Shrimp Curry

Malabar Prawn Curry is my kids favorite curry. It tastes great with steamed rice or with idlis or Aappam or even with chappathi or roti. It can be made as a spicy one or with mild spiciness. I made with less spicy as I need to feed my daughter. I took the recipe from here. If you want to look for some tangy and spicy prawn dish you can have a look on prawn thokku or prawn gravy.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian, Kerala cuisine

Keyword malabar chemmeen curry, malabar prawn curry, malabar shrimp curry

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Total Time 35 minutes minutes

Servings 5

Calories 500kcal

Author Akila

Ingredients

• Prawns – 250 gms cleaned and deveined
• Mustard – a pinch
• Fennel seeds – 1/4 tsp
• Onion – 2 chopped finely
• Tomato – 2 chopped finely
• Curry leaves – 12 to 15
• Green chilli – 1 chopped finely
• Chilli powder – 1 tsp
• Coriander powder – 1.5 tsp
• Turmeric – 1/5 tsp
• Cumin powder – 1/2 tsp
• Thick coconut milk – 1/2 cup
• Thin coconut milk – 2 cups
• Coconut oil – 1.5 tbsp
• Salt – as per taste

Instructions

• Clean the prawns and wash with salt. In a pan add coconut oil. Keep the flame in medium. When it is hot add the mustard. When it splutters add the Urud dal.
• Add the curry leaves now. Fry for 30 sec. Add the chopped onion.
• When the onion is translucent, Add the ginger garlic paste and green chilli and fry till the raw smell of ginger garlic goes off. Add the tomatoes and sauté them well till it becomes mushy.
• Add the chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric and salt. Allow to cook for 1 min. Now add the prawns and mix it well with the masalas.
• Do not add any water as the Prawns leave out water. When they leave out water add the thin coconut milk and cook for 5 min.
• Prawns would be half cooked by this time. Allow the prawns to cook for another 5 min and add the thick coconut milk.
• After adding thick coconut milk, do not cook more. When it just starts boiling switch off the stove.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with rice.

*post first published June 5th 2014. Updated with recipe.

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This restaurant style prawn fry recipe is really easy to make at home and you don’t need to go for restaurants to try this prawn Fry. I can guarantee that all your family members including kids will love this recipe.

Prawns are my favorite one in the non-vegetarian recipes and I have tried many different prawn recipes and this one is an inclusion to my addiction.

In this restaurant style prawn fry recipe we do not add any food coloring and hence it is really good to give for kids. But still it gives nice color to the fry because of the kashmiri chili powder which we add to this recipe. Prepare this recipe in your home and comment how it has turned for you.

If you are a prawn lover like me then do check out my other prawn recipes in this website like

• Prawn Pakora
• How to make Crispy Prawns – step by step
• Prawn fry
• Prawn Cutlets
• Prawn Tikka
• Prawn 65
• Andhra Style Prawn fry
• Garlic Butter Prawns
• Goan Prawn Fry – Simple method
• Goan prawn vindaloo
• Kadai prawns

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Restaurant style prawns fry recipe

This restaurant style prawns fry recipe is really easy to make at home and you don't need to go for restaurants to try this prawn Fry. I can guarantee that all your family members including kids will love this recipe.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Indian, South Indian, tamil nadu

Keyword restaurant style prawn fry

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 25 minutes minutes

Servings 4

Author Akila

Ingredients

To clean pawns

• Prawns - 500 gms
• Salt - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric - 1/2 tsp

For marinating

• chili powder - 1 tsp
• coriander powder - 1 tsp
• salt - as needed
• Pepper powder - 1/5 tsp
• ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - few
• coriander leaves - few
• green chili - 1 finely chopped
• cumin powder - 1/4 tsp
• garam masala - 1/4 tsp
• turmeric - 1/4 tsp
• oil for frying
• rice flour - 1 tbsp
• Corn flour - 1 tbsp
• little water to sprinkle
• Lemon juice from half lemon

Instructions

Method to prepare restaurant style prawn fry

• Remove the head and shell of the prawns. Devein the prawns and wash them with salt and turmeric. Repeat the cleaning process two to three times if needed.
• Add the cleaned France in a bowl.
• To this add chili powder coriander powder turmeric salt ginger garlic paste cumin powder garam masala Pepper powder green Chilli coriander leaves Curry leaves.
• Mix them nicely. Add water if needed.
• Add rice flour and corn flour. Again mix them nicely adding water little by little to form a nice coating on the prawns.
• Finally add juice from half a lemon. Again mix them slightly.
• Let it rest for 15 to 20 minutes.
• In a big heavy bottom pan add enough oil for frying the marinated prawns.
• When the oil is hot add the prawns in batches and fry them nicely.
• Cook them evenly so that, they get a nice red color.
• Remove from oil and filter pill. Repeat the same for other batches too.
• Add the curry leaves to the remaining Masala and fry it in the same oil.
• Yummy yummy restaurant style prawn fry is ready to be served.

Step by step instructions of restaurant style prawn fry

Ingredients

To clean pawns

• Prawns – 500 gms
• Salt – 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric – 1/2 tsp

For marinating

• chili powder – 1 tsp
• coriander powder – 1 tsp
• salt – as needed
• Pepper powder – 1/5 tsp
• ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
• Curry leaves – few
• coriander leaves – few
• green chili – 1 finely chopped
• cumin powder – 1/4 tsp
• garam masala – 1/4 tsp
• turmeric – 1/4 tsp
• oil for frying
• rice flour – 1 tbsp
• Corn flour – 1 tbsp
• little water to sprinkle
• Lemon juice from half lemon

Method to prepare restaurant style prawn fry

1.Remove the head and shell of the prawns. Devein the prawns and wash them with salt and turmeric. Repeat the cleaning process two to three times if needed.

2. Add the cleaned France in a bowl.

3. To this add chili powder coriander powder turmeric salt ginger garlic paste cumin powder garam masala Pepper powder green Chilli coriander leaves Curry leaves.

4. Mix them nicely. Add water if needed.

5. Add rice flour and corn flour. Again mix them nicely adding water little by little to form a nice coating on the prawns.

6. Finally add juice from half a lemon. Again mix them slightly.

7. Let it rest for 15 to 20 minutes.

8. In a big heavy bottom pan add enough oil for frying the marinated prawns. When the oil is hot add the prawns in batches and fry them nicely.

9. Cook them evenly so that, they get a nice red color.

10. Remove from oil and filter pill. Repeat the same for other batches too.

11. Add the curry leaves to the remaining Masala and fry it in the same oil.

12. Yummy yummy restaurant style prawn fry is ready to be served.

Notes

1. Try to use Kashmir chilli powder add or gives nice red colour to the prawns fry. If you don’t have then go for normal chilli powder.

2. You can adjust the spiciness according to your taste.

3. Instead of pepper powder you can add crushed pepper also.

4. If you want you can add red food colour but I didn’t add as my prawn fry already have nice colour.

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