Prawns Vattichathu

Ingredientsfor 2 servings

• 1/2 kg Prawns de-veined and cleaned)(shelled you will get 350 g
• 300 g Shallots/Small onions (Kunjulli)
• 1 nos Tomato — finely chopped
• 2 inch Ginger — finely sliced
• 1 Whole Garlic — finely chopped
• 2 nos Green chillies — slit
• 2 nos Dry red chillies broken
• 1 tbsp Kashmiri chilly powder
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
• 3 Drops Vinegar
• Pepper powder, to taste
• Oil, to taste
• Salt, to taste

Preparation

1. Step 1

   For preparing prawns vattichathu, boil water in a vessel, add washed deveined prawns, ginger pieces, garlic pieces, green chillies, 1/2 tbsp kashmiri chilly powder and salt. Allow it to Let it cook for 7 minutes, set it aside and allow it to cool. 2)While cooling down, add 3 drops of vinegar and set it aside. 3)Remove the prawns aside and keep the broth for later use. 4)In a kadai/dry fry non stick pan, add oil and stir in the small onions. cook until it becomes brown.

2. Step 2

   Drop in the turmeric powder and the boiled prawns.

3. Step 3

   Next, add remaining chilly powder, dry red chillies, pepper powder and tomato.

4. Step 4

   When the entire mix starts to turn brown in color, pour in the broth that was used to boil the prawns and allow it to dry up. 8)Finally add a little more oil as needed and stir dry. 9)Prawns vattichathu is ready. Serve hot.

5. Step 5

   Note:- 1)If you are lazy about deveining prawns:- Simmer in water for 3 minutes with turmeric powder. Turmeric acts as a disinfectant. De-veining the prawns then becomes an easy task. Wash thoroughly in cold water and set aside.