Eral Thokku Recipe | Prawn Thokku | Spicy Shrimp Masala | How to make Eral Thokku
Prawn thokku is one of the traditional non veg dish hailing from South India. Its quite common to serve this dish as a side for sambar or rasam rice in most Tamilian homes. Prawns/ Shrimp deveined and cleaned, marinated in little turmeric powder and then sautéed along with onion tomato base curry.
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How to clean and devein Prawn / Shrimp ?
Start by defrosting the shrimp if using frozen. Place them in a bowl filled with cold water. You may skip if you have shelled, deveined shrimp / prawns.
If using fresh head on shrimp or prawns – twist the head and gently pull off the head.
Then pull off the legs, that should loosen the shell to slip off. Break open the shell along the underside and peel off.
Pinch off the tail, its often left on for cooking for more strong flavor. The rest of the shrimp should pull cleanly out of the tail.
There are two veins that run, one on top and the other on the bottom. The one that runs on the top or back is the intestinal tract of the shrimp. Just run a sharp knife and remove the dark gritty string like vein.
The clear vein on the bottom is not that unpleasant and can stay as its the blood vessel of the shrimp which is colorless. Run a knife and pull it off if you prefer to keep it more appetizing.
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Eral Thokku Recipe
Ingredients
- 15 medium Prawns
- 3 tbsp Oil
- 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp Fennel seeds
- 4 each Curry leaves
- 1 cup Onion
- 1 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
- 1/2 cup Tomato
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 2 tsp Red Chili powder
- 1 tbsp Coriander powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 tbsp Coriander leaves
- 5 each Curry leaves
Instructions
- Wash and devein the prawns. Marinate with little turmeric powder and set it aside.
- Heat oil in a pan, temper with cumin seeds, fennel seeds and curry leaves.
- Saute onion with a pinch of salt until soft and translucent. ( 3 minutes )
- Add ginger garlic paste and fry along until the raw smell leaves.
- Add tomato and cook until soft.
- Now add the turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chili powder and salt. Saute these until the masala powder cook with the tomato onion base.
- Add the marinated prawns at this stage and stir fry over high flame for 3 minutes. Prawns usually cook very fast, max 3 to 4 minutes. Cooking them longer will make it hard and taste rubbery. Alternate method: Cover & cook for few minutes over high flame to keep the soft.
- Garnish with coriander and curry leaves.
- Turn off the heat and serve hot as a side for rice
