South Indian
Prawn Thokku
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Prawn Thokku 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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Peel and devein the shrimp if not already done.
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Heat the oil in a pan, let the mustard seeds pop, then add the curry leaves and onion and cook until golden, about 6 minutes.
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Stir in the ginger garlic paste, turmeric, chili powder, and ground coriander, then add the chopped tomatoes and tamarind pulp and cook down until thick and jammy, about 10 minutes.
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Add the shrimp and salt and cook, stirring, until the shrimp are just pink and the masala clings thickly to them, about 5 minutes.
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Finish with cilantro and serve hot with rice.
Watch how to cook Prawn Thokku
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Serve it with
A South Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Prawn Thokku, 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. Prawn Thokku carries shellfish. It is free of the remaining 9 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 | 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
- 280 kcal
- Protein
- 24 g
- Carbs
- 14 g
- Fat
- 14 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 540 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Prawn Thokku takes about 30 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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