Friday, July 22, 2011

Prawns/Shrimp pickle - chemmen achar


Ingredients
Prawns(medium sized) - 500 g 
Garlic - 25-30                          
Ginger - 200 g chopped
Gingelly oil - As reqd
Salt - As reqd
Chilly powder - As reqd
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
Turmeri Powder - As reqd
Vinegar - Little

Preparation :

1)Marinate the prawns with chilly powder , turmeric powder , ginger garlic paste and salt for 1 hour.

2)Heat oil in a pan or a kadai.

3)Fry garlic lightly in it and set aside.

4)Fry ginger in the same oil and keep it aside too.

5)Fry prawns and keep it aside.

6)Fry some green chillies in the same oil.

7)Mix together chilly powder and vinegar to a paste and fry this in the remaining oil.

8)Add all the above fried ingredients into this and mix well.

9)Allow it to cool.

Note : 

While adding chilly powder better to turn off the heat as it may get burned .

You can Deep Fry the  shrimps if needed for keeping longer time . 

Transfer to bottle only when it is completely cold .


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