CHEMMEEN CHATHACHU POLLICHATHU

Hi.. Foodies......Have a good day.....

Today I m presenting to you a Delicious Mouth watering Traditional Prawns recipe....
This is my Mom's own recipe.....I m sure after trying out this recipe,this will become one of your favourite dishes....especially for all prawns lovers..

Prawns and Shrimps are the most important types of sea foods that are consumed world-wide...
Actually Prawns are from Fresh water while Shrimps belongs to Marine family...But usually all people say its a sea food..Lots of varieties of Prawns and Shrimps are available in market.Some of them are...Aattu Konchu,Telli Chemmen, Naran Chemmeen,Poovalan Chemmen, Choodan Chemmeen,Kadal Chemmeen, Karikkadi,Tiger Prawns,Lobster....etc.

When you buy prawns , make sure it is fresh .White colour prawns are the fresh ones.Some people are allergic(stomach problem) to prawns, while cleaning the prawns make sure that you remove the veins.

Prawns is a boneless flesh meat...It's a very tasty fish.. We can make  varieties of recipe with this like...Curry.. Gravy.., Fry..,Cutlet..,Vada..,Thoran.., Vattichathu.. etc...are some of them.

                                          CHEMMEEN CHATHACHU POLLICHAHU

   INGREDIENTS :

• Prawns cleaned and de-veined- 1 cup heaped
• Onion Chopped                       - 1/2 cup
• Ginger Chopped                      - 1.5 Tb Sp
• Green Chillies Chopped         - 6-8 nos
• Tomatoes Chopped                 - 2 Nos( If it is an apple tomato take 3.The souring agent I m using here is tomato.so as required  u can use)
• Coconut milk 1st                     - 1/2 cup
• Coconut milk 2nd                    - 1.5 cup
• Curry leaves                             - 2 Sprigs
• Garam Masala                         - a pinch
• Salt                                            - to taste

    For Marinating Masala :

• Kashmiri Red Chilly Powder - 2 Tsp
• Turmeric Powder                    - 1/2 Tsp
• Fennel Seed Powder                - 1/2 tsp
• Salt                                            - to taste

   To Garnish

• Fried Prawns with tailed         - 7 Nos
• Corriander Leaves chopped    - as required
• Tomato skin rose                      - from one tomato

METHOD

                      

                   

• Grind the marinated masala to a fine paste.Take 1/2 Tsp out of it and keep aside.Then take little masala and spread over the tailed cleaned prawns and it aside.

• Crush 1 cup of cleaned  prawns and marinate with the balance masala and keep it for 10 mins.        

• Make all the ingredients ready by side.

                 

• Heat the pan and pour 4 Tb.sp of oil and fry the seven prawns to garnish and keep it aside.

• Keep it ready, to garnish items.....

                        

• In the same pan itself add the chopped Ginger,chopped Green Chillies, chopped Onions.Saute till  its half done .

                        

• Now add the masala paste and saute for few seconds and add the chopped tomatoes to it.Once the oil starts appearing.........

                       

• Add the marinated Prawns,Curry leaves and dont stir it.. Leave it for 2 mins over a high flame.When the colour changes to light white turn upside down and leave that too for 2 mins.If both sides changes white.......

                                  

• Add 2nd coconut milk and salt, stir well and allow it to cook for few minutes....

                        

• The gravy reduces to half ......Take the first coconut milk and add a pinch garam masala.....

                          

• And the milk to it and stir well.When it starts to boil, switch off the flame and serve in a serving plate and garnish with fried prawns , corriander leaves, curry leaves and tomato skin rose....

• Here is your Yummy Prawns Chathachu Pollichathu... Have it with Chappathi, Paratha, Pathiri,Bread,Or Rice....Enjoy the dish!!!!!!!