South Indian
Chemmeen Fry (Kerala Prawn Fry)
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Chemmeen Fry (Kerala Prawn Fry) is South Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Marinate the prawns with the ginger garlic paste, red chili powder, kashmiri chili powder, turmeric, coriander powder, black pepper, lemon juice and salt for 15 minutes; prawns take spice fast, so this is enough time.
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Heat the coconut oil in a wide pan over medium-high heat and add the curry leaves, letting them crackle for a few seconds.
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Add the marinated prawns in a single layer, without crowding the pan, and fry 2 to 3 minutes a side until they turn pink and opaque and the masala clings dry to them.
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Do not cook them past this point or the prawns turn rubbery.
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Serve hot with a wedge of lemon, rice, or as a side with kanji.
Serve it with
A South Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Chemmeen Fry (Kerala Prawn Fry), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Chemmeen Fry (Kerala Prawn Fry) carries shellfish and coconut. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | Yes | Adai (Tamil Nadu Multi-Lentil Dosa) |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Adai (Tamil Nadu Multi-Lentil Dosa) |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 230 kcal
- Protein
- 26 g
- Carbs
- 5 g
- Fat
- 12 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 480 mg
- Saturated fat
- 4 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Chemmeen Fry (Kerala Prawn Fry) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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