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Prawn fried rice
Ingredients
- To fry prawns
- 250 gms large prawns
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- Juice of half lemon
- 1 tbsp rice flour
- to taste Salt
- To saute rice
- 2 cups rice
- 1 large onion
- 5 pods garlic chopped
- 10-12 peppercorn
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 green cardamom
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 4-5 mint leaves
- As needed Oil for frying
- 4 tbsp Oil to saute rice
Steps
- Cook the rice in your usual way, adding a tbsp of oil.
- Thoroughly wash the peeled and deveined large prawns.
- Mix ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt, lemon juice and rice flour into them well.
- While the rice cooks, fry the marinated prawns golden brown and set aside. Once the rice is done, fluff it on a wide plate.
- Heat oil in a large wok. Add all the whole spices, cardamom and peppercorns, and the chopped garlic, and let them fry for 2 minutes.
- Saute the chopped onion in it. Once pink, add red chilli powder and turmeric, then mix the rice in well.
- When the rice has taken on the masala's colour, add the fried prawns and mix everything together.
- Finish with chopped mint leaves; the fried rice is ready to serve.