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Prawn Thokku | Prawn Thokku Recipe | Eral Thokku Recipe

Spicy and tangy prawn thokku recipe also known as eral thokku is made with gingelly oil, sliced onions, green chillies and tamarind. The thick rich prawn masala taste absolutely delicious with some rice, idli, idiyappam or appam.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian, South Indian
Servings 6 servings
Calories 138 kcal

Ingredients
  

For Tempering

  • ¼ cup Gingelly oil
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
  • ½ teaspoon Cumin Seeds
  • ¼ teaspoon Fenugreek seeds
  • 2 no Dry red chillies
  • 2 sprig Curry leaves

For Special Powder

  • 1 teaspoon Fennel seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
  • ½ teaspoon Fenugreek seeds
  • 2 teaspoon Black Pepper
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds

For Thokku

  • 2 large Onion peeled & chopped finely
  • 2 no Green chillies chopped finely
  • ½ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
  • 2 tablespoon Ginger garlic paste
  • 3 no Tomatoes pureed
  • 2 tablespoon Red Chilli Powder
  • 2 tablespoon Coriander powder
  • 250 grams Medium Prawns
  • 1 teaspoon Garam masala powder
  • ½ teaspoon Jaggery
  • 4 tablespoon Coriander leaves chopped finely
  • Salt to taste

Tamarind Water

Instructions
 

  • Mix tamarind with ½ cup water and set aside. Take all roasting ingredients in a dry pan and roast until aromatic. It will take around 3 to 4 minutes. Allow the spices to cool, take it in a blender and powder coarse. Set this aside.
  • Heat oil in a large kadai. Add in fenugreek seeds, mustard, cumin, garlic, dry red chillies, curry leaves and fry them for 2 mins. Add in chopped onions and green chillies. Season with salt and turmeric powder. Saute this for 5 mins or so till it is cooked.
  • Now add in ginger garlic paste and saute till raw smell leaves. Add coriander and chilli powder and mix well. Cook the spices for 2 to 3 mins till the raw smell leaves from it. Add in tomato puree and cook that till it softens and gets mushed up.
  • Pour in tamarind water and salt, cook until thickened and oil separates.
  • At this point add in prawns and mix well. Cover and Cook the prawns for 6 to 8 mins in the masala. Now the prawns are cooked, sprinkle the powdered spices, jaggery, garam masala powder and coriander leaves. Serve.

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Notes

  • Use gingelly oil for making this for best flavour. 
  • I don't prefer using the tail in prawn. But you can use that if you want.
  • Take your time to cook the masala. It makes the curry delicious.
  • You can add a small amount of jaggery in the curry if needed.

Storage

Prawn thokku can be cooled and stored in a container in fridge for up to 4 days.

Serving Suggestions

Eral thokku taste delicious with rice. I like to serve it with steamed rice, either red matta rice or regular white rice. but it taste delicious with

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingsCalories: 138kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 2gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gSodium: 53mgPotassium: 205mgFiber: 3gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 854IUVitamin C: 18mgCalcium: 53mgIron: 2mg
Keyword prawns, sea food
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