Prawn Fry

Prawns (Shrimps) are great supplier of proteins, calories and its low fat nature makes them a healthy food. It also helps us to control bad cholesterol and heart attacks. Today we will see the process of making crispy prawn fry.

Prawn Fry

   Ingredients: Serve - 2

• Prawn - 1/2 kg
• Oil - 5tspn
• Fennel seeds - 1/2tspn
• Cloves - 5
• Cinnamon - 4 small inch
• Ginger - small piece
• Garlic - 8 pieces
• green chilies - 5
• Turmeric powder - a pinch
• Red chilli powder - 1/2tspn(adjust to taste)
• Coriander powder - 1/4tspn
• Onion - 1(small)
• Tomato - 1(small)
• Food color - 1 drop
• Curry leaf - as required
• Coriander leaves as required
• Salt - 1tspn(adjust to taste)

The following picture shows the step by step process for Prawn Fry:

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Figure 4

Figure 5

Figure 6

Figure 7

Figure 8

Figure 9

Figure 10

Figure 11

Figure 12

Figure 13

Figure 14

Figure 15

Method:

1. In a mixy jar add fennel seeds, 3 cloves, 2 small inch cinnamon, ginger, garlic, 3 green chili, onion, tomato and make a fine paste. ( figure 1 & 2) 
2. Clean the prawn and cook in a bowl by adding pinch of turmeric powder for 5-8 minutes in medium flame. (figure 3)
3. Take a pan, heat oil in medium flame add 2 cloves, 2 small inch cinnamon, 2 green chilli, curry leaf, grind paste which has been prepared in 1st step and continue sauteing for 5minutes. ( figure 4, 5 & 6)
4. Add prawn, salt and saute for 1 minute. (figure 7 & 8)
5. Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, and continue sauteing for 3 more minute. (figure 9, 10 & 11)
6. Add little water, drop of food color & close with lid and cook until prawn gets cooked.(figure 12,13 & 14)
7. Open the lid and continue sauteing until prawn gets crispy.
8. Garnish with coriander leaves. (figure 15)

Crispy Prawn fry is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• Cook the prawn in bowl for at least 5 minutes to get rid of raw smell and in this 5 minutes prawn will get half cooked.

Ven Pongal

Pongal is a very popular south Indian dish made with rice. There are various varieties of pongal like sakarai pongal (made with sugar/jaggery or sometimes with both sugar and jaggery) and ven pongal made with spices. Today lets see how to make ven pongal which is very easy and can be make in just 15 minutes. When it is served hot along with sambar or coconut chutney their combo taste will be awesome.

Ven Pongal

Ingredients: Serve -2

• Rice - 1/2 glass
• Moong Dhal - 1/2 glass
• Water - 2 & 1/2 glass (use the glass used for measuring rice)
• Ginger - small piece
• Cumin seeds - 1tspn
• Pepper - 1tspn
• Kaju - 5
• Ghee - 5tspn
• Oil - 2tspn
• Salt - 1tspn
• Curry leaf - as required

The following picture shows the step by step process for Pongal:

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Figure 4

Figure 5

Figure 6

Method:

1. Take a cooker add rice, moong dhal and wash well. (figure 1)
2. Add 2 & 1/2 glass water, salt and cook for 2 vessels.(figure 2 & 3)
3. Take a pan, heat oil & ghee add pepper, cumin seeds, ginger pieces, kaju, curry leaf and saute until it gets cooked and transfer into the pongal. (figure 4 & 5)
4. Serve in plate with sambar / chutney / pickle. (figure 6)

Simple and easy pongal is ready to serve !

Additonal Tips:-

• In step 1, for better measurement you can take a glass fill 1/2 with rice and remaining 1/2 with moong dhal.
• In step 2 , after cooking if pongal mixture is tight then add little water and mix well.

Radish Egg Fry

During Summer sessions its very important for us to keep our body cool. Radish is one of the prefered option. Actually we have two types of Radish available in Indian markets (red & White). Red Radish has many healthy benefits than white. Using Radish we can prepare may items, today lets see how to make egg fry with White Radish. 

I am sure you guys will love the taste and aroma of this dish.It serves as good combo with rice and Chapati.

Radish Egg Fry

Ingredients: Serve -2

• Radish - 2
• Egg - 3
• Oil - 4tspn
• Mustered seeds - 1/2tspn
• Urad dhal - 1tspn
• Curry leaf - as required
• Red chilly powder - 1/2tspn (adjust to taste)
• Salt - 1/2tspn (adjust to taste)
• Turmeric powder - a pinch

The following picture shows the step by step process for Radish Egg Fry: 

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Figure 4

Figure 5

Figure 6

Figure 7

Figure 8

Figure 9

 Method:

1. First wash, peel & grate the radish.
2. Take a pan, heat oil in medium flame add mustered seeds wait for crackle and then add urad dhal, curry leaf continue sauteing for 2 seconds. (figure 1)
3. Add radish and saute for 10 minutes in medium flame. (figure 2)
4. Add red chilly powder, turmeric powder, salt and continue sauteing for 2 seconds. (figure 3, 4 & 5)
5. Now sprinkle little water & close with lid and cook for 5 to 8 minutes. (figure 6 & 7)
6. After radish is cooked add eggs & continue stirring until gravy gets separates as shown in figure 9. (figure 8 & 9)

That's all Radish Egg Fry is ready to serve!

Additional Tips:-

• In step 3, saute the radish until it gets cooked.
• Add eggs only after radish is cooked well.