Prawn Pickle: This superb prawn pickle recipe was given to me by Mila Pereira and is time tested. There is greater joy in sharing a recipe than taking it to your grave. Please send me your comments and queries.
Ingredients:
Prawns |
1.190 kg |
Kashmiri chillies |
20 pieces/ 65 gms |
Cumin seeds (jeera) |
½ spoon/ 2.2 gms |
Pepper |
16 pieces/ 0.6 gms (less than one gram) |
Cloves |
7 pieces/ 0.5 gms |
Cinnamon |
2 sticks/ 1 gm |
Garlic flakes |
7-8 pieces/ 14 gms |
Ginger |
1 piece/ 29 gms |
Little tamarind |
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Turmeric |
3/4th spoon/ 2 gms |
Little sugar |
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Vinegar |
Method:
Grind all in vinegar (except sugar). Fry ground masala in oil and add vinegar. Let the masala cook, then add fried prawns to it. Add a little sugar. Turn off the gas and let it cool. Bottle when cool Add a little hot oil over it to cover the prawns and so preserve it.
Extra note:
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Marinate prawns with 3/4th turmeric and 1 teaspoon of salt and then fry it.
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Take a small portion of the fried prawns and grind them and then add it to the cooked masala for extra taste.
Will try it out. Thanks for sharing.
Can one use dried prawns (not the fine prawns) in this or must they be fresh? (I live in England, so tasty fresh prawns are hard to come by as all have been frozen at some point! )
It should be fresh