Indian

Asia Unplated

From

Asia Unplated

season

2

episode

8

Kerala Style Crispy Prawns

With

Diana Chan

SERVES

4

Kerala Style Crispy prawns

Ingredients

  • 2 onions, finely sliced

  • 15 prawns, deshelled, deveined, tail intact, head removed

  • 2 teaspoon ginger paste

  • 2 teaspoon garlic paste

  • 1 teaspoon cumin powder

  • 1 teaspoon turmeric powder

  • 2 teaspoon Kashmiri chili powder

  • 1 teaspoon coriander powder

  • Freshly cracked black pepper

  • 3 teaspoon lime juice

  • 1 stalk curry leaves

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • 1/4 cup coconut oil

Method

  1. Mix together all ingredients except for the coconut oil and marinate the prawns for 1 hour.

  2. Heat oil in frying pan and fry in batches until crispy and golden, 2-3 minutes.

  3. Fry onion slices until golden.

  4. Plate a bed of the onions and top with prawns. Serve with a wedge of lime.

Diana Chan

Diana Chan won MasterChef Australia in 2017 with a precision-led repertoire built on Malaysian-Chinese home cooking. She hosts Asia Unplated, a tour through regional kitchens that treats the home cooks as the experts. Her recipes lean technical without losing the household feel they came from.

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