Wednesday 22 April 2015

Grilled Prawns




Grilled Prawns Sea food speciality
Prawns/ Shrimp are easy to cook & tastes Devine  Prawns are usually found in 

the ocean, in all countries and nearly all the cuisines of the world has lots of prawn’s recipes. There are two kind of prawns. Smaller ones and bigger ones which are called Tiger Prawns. Prawns are not only very tasty to eat but are very healthy to eat too.

Prawns are a great source of high quality protein, and provide some of the most important vitamins and minerals that make up a healthy diet. They are surprisingly low in calories and are made up of extremely healthy cholesterol.  t makes them an ideal food for those who want to loose weight. Even though Prawns are high in Cholesterol but they are high in good cholesterol and bring down the bad cholesterol.A normal size prawn contains about 2 grams of Fat, 30 grams of proteins and about 125 mg of minerals. This ideal combination of fats and proteins make it very beneficial for the human health. Prawns are also very easy to cook and they don’t take much oil or spices to cook them.



Ingredients

Prawns/ Shrimp: 15 pcs
Red chili powder/ paprika: 3-4 sps
Lemon juice: 1
Turmeric: 1sp
Salt to taste

Method:


  • Clean the prawns by removing its head & shell
  • Then devien the prawns & wash thoroughly
  • Marinate the prawns with all above Ingredients
  • Keep aside for an Hour let the spices get absorbed
  • Heat a Non stick pan add 2-3 sps oil
  • Divide the prawns in two batches
  • shallow fry in Pan cooking both sides for 2-3 min
  • Or till you get the charred grill on it
  • Alternatively can grill in the Oven as well
  • Pre heat Oven for 10 min & grill @180* for 5-6 min
  • Check & turn them & grill for another 5 min
Note:
I have Grilled on a Nonstick pan Itself....
Donot Overcook the prawns just 2-3 min each side is sufficient
Instead of Lemon juice can even use Tamarind paste.

Enjoy the Spicy Grilled prawns





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