Friday, July 25, 2008

Chemmeen Ularthiyathu /Shrimp Fry - Kerala special

This recipe is usually made with "kodam puli".Since i didn't have it, i used vinegar instead.Recipe adapted from Mrs.K M Mathew's book.




Ingredients

Shrimps - 30-35 (medium sized)
Small onions - 15 (sliced lengthwise)
Big onion - 1/4 cup (sliced)
Ginger - 1 inch (sliced lengthwise)
Garlic - 4 cloves (sliced lengthwise)
Chilli powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 2 tsp
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Coconut slices - 1/4 cup
Vinegar - 2 tsp
Salt - as needed
Curry leaves - as needed
Oil - 2 tbsp


Method

Mix shrimp,ginger,garlic,small onions,chilli powder,coriander powder,turmeric powder,coconut slices,salt,vinegar and curryleaves.Cook this with just enough water in medium low flame until shrimp is cooked and sauce is almost dry.In a pan, heat oil and fry big onion til it is almost dark brown in color.Add the shrimp masla into this and fry till oil separates and the dish is almost dry.Serve with rice.

12 comments:

Ramya Bala said...

Maheswari,
Wonderful recipe and today only i was refering ur blog to one my frnd for shrimp recipes...Awesome..Thanks for sharing

Dori said...

Yum, Those shrimps look tasty!

notyet100 said...

look delicious,..nd nice colour too

Rachel said...

I have her book too...she has some wonderful recipes right??

Cham said...

Shrimp fry re my fav, looks tasty Mahes

Sum Raj said...

shrimps looks tasty..i think adding of puli makes the taste double rt?

Shobana senthilkumar said...

Hmmmm....u make me feel hungry!!!

Unknown said...

yummy shrimp and also the fish curry in coconut milk.

Unknown said...

hi.. . i tried this recipe last week and it came out really good.thanks for sharing!

Anonymous said...

i tried this recipe... it tastes yummyy....

abhi said...

i hav given a link to this recipe in my blog...
hope u dont mind :)

Kerala photographs said...

Very nice preparation indeed.I want to make this dish. nice recipe.