Tasty Prawn Pickle Recipe
Ingredients
- 250 gms Shrimp
- 1 Tbsp Turmeric powder
- Salt as needed
- 4 Tbsp Vinegar needed for soaking
- 2 Tbsp Vinegar for grinding
- 3 Tbsp Chili Powder - 3 tbsp
- Oil as needed
- 2 Tbsp Jaggery
- 1 Lemon
- 25 gms Ginger
- 3 Garlic
- 1 Tbsp Jeera
- 1 Tbsp Mustard seeds
- 500 Gms Small onion
Instructions
- Cut the prawns into 2 or 3 pieces if they are bigger. If you're using small shrimps, use it as a whole. Marinate with the required amount of salt, turmeric powder, and vinegar. Marinate for 30 Minutes.
- In a mixer jar, add ginger, garlic, cumin, vinegar instead of water and grind like a fine paste.
- In a non-stick pan, pour a little oil and fry the shrimp pieces.
- Pour oil into the heavy bottom pan (oil for pickling), add mustard to season.
- Add in the chopped onions and fry. When the onions become translucent, see if the oil rises to the top. If not, add more oil that's needed for pickling.
- Add the required chilli powder and salt
- Now add the ground ginger and garlic paste and fry till the raw smell from the ginger garlic leaves.
- Then, add the prawns, reduce the heat and let the oil separate.
- Once the oil separates from the prawn onion mix, add lemon juice and jaggery. keep the flame in low for 5 minutes.
- Now your prawn pickle is ready to taste !!
Notes
If possible, choose sea prawns over farmed prawns. Sea prawns tastes much better in pickles.