West Indian
Kolambi Koliwada (Crispy Fried Prawns)
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Kolambi Koliwada (Crispy Fried Prawns) is West 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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Peel and devein the prawns, leaving the tails on, and pat them dry.
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Marinate the prawns in the kashmiri chili powder, red chili powder, turmeric, ginger garlic paste, lemon juice and salt for 15 minutes.
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Whisk the egg into the marinated prawns, then dust with the rice flour and semolina, tossing until each prawn is evenly coated in a light, dry batter.
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Heat the oil in a wide pan or kadhai over medium-high heat until a pinch of the coating sizzles on contact.
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Fry the prawns in batches, 2 minutes a side, until golden and crisp; do not crowd the pan or the coating turns soggy instead of crackly.
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Fry the curry leaves in the same oil for 15 seconds until crisp, and scatter them over the prawns.
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Serve immediately, hot and crackling, with lemon wedges.
Serve it with
A West Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Kolambi Koliwada (Crispy Fried Prawns), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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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
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. Kolambi Koliwada (Crispy Fried Prawns) carries gluten, shellfish, and eggs. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Aamti (Goda-Masala Spiced Dal) |
| Shellfish | Yes | Aamti (Goda-Masala Spiced Dal) |
| Eggs | Yes | Aamti (Goda-Masala Spiced Dal) |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
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
- 300 kcal
- Protein
- 24 g
- Carbs
- 14 g
- Fat
- 16 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 480 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Kolambi Koliwada (Crispy Fried Prawns) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. 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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