This is yet another starter made with Prawns from Amma's hand written dairy. She had that recipe for quite sometime, though every time she makes prawns, she makes the regular Prawns Roast. So she said she was looking for a new recipe and was leafing through her dairy, when she saw this recipe being noted down many years ago.

Dad said he remembers eating a dish called by this name in a hotel in Hyderabad. Nobody knows why it is called Loose Prawns fry, though knowing how much my kids loved this prawn dish, I really don't care why the name.

The dish is pretty simple and easy to make as well, as one need not rest the prawns after mixing. The crispiness comes from deep frying it right after mixing in the batter.

Loose Prawns Fry

How to make the Loose Prawns

Clean and wash the prawns. Drain well.

In a bowl, take the prawns along with corn flour, maida, salt, white pepper, ajinomoto, mix well. Beat the egg well and add to the bowl. Mix everything together. There is no need to add water as egg is enough to bind everything.

There is no need to rest this as resting will get the prawns become soggy.

Heat a kadai with cooking oil, deep fry the prawns in batches and drain on a kitchen towel.

In a kadai, heat a teaspoon of cooking oil. Saute, green chilies, ginger, garlic and onions till they turn colour, Add salt and red chili powder. Next, add the tomato sauce. Combine everything together.

Now, quickly add the fried prawns and toss together, sprinkle finely chopped spring onions on top and serve right away.

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Loose Prawns Fry | How to make Loose Chili Prawns Dry

Dish Type Seafood Dishes

Author Srivalli

Ingredients

250 gms Prawns
3 tsp Corn Flour
1 & 1/2 tsp All Purpose Flour
1 tsp White Pepper Powder
A Pinch Ajinomoto
1 Egg
Salt to taste
Cooking Oil for deep fry

For the Sauté

1/2 cup Onions finely chopped
1 tsp Ginger finely chopped
1 tsp Garlic finely chopped
1/2 tsp Green Chillies finely chopped
1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
1 tsp Tomato Sauce
Salt to taste
2 tbsp Spring Onions

Instructions

How to make the Loose Prawns

Clean and wash the prawns. Drain well.
In a bowl, take the prawns along with corn flour, maida, salt, white pepper, ajinomoto, mix well. Beat the egg well and add to the bowl. Mix everything together. There is no need to add water as egg is enough to bind everything.
There is no need to rest this as resting will get the prawns become soggy.
Heat a kadai with cooking oil, deep fry the prawns in batches and drain on a kitchen towel.
In a kadai, heat a teaspoon of cooking oil. Sauté, green chilies, ginger, garlic and onions till they turn colour, Add salt and red chili powder. Next, add the tomato sauce. Combine everything together.
Now, quickly add the fried prawns and toss together, sprinkle finely chopped spring onions on top and serve right away.

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Comments

Shobana Vijay says

December 28, 2014 at 4:18 am

Addition of egg is new to me..Will try it out next time

Arthy shama says

December 29, 2014 at 10:30 am

Wow, this is an winner and can dash out any restaurent styled dish 🙂

Shobana Arunkumar says

January 01, 2015 at 2:20 pm

Super recipe! Hi I have a event + giveaway on my blog this month do take a look

Pavani N says

January 05, 2015 at 3:00 am

That fried prawns look so crispy. They must have yumm!!