Prawn 🍤 Thokku | Eral Thokku | Prawn 🍤 Masala | Prawn 🍤 Recipes | Startup Cooking

PRAWN 🍤 THOKKU | ERAL THOKKU | PRAWN 🍤 MASALA | PRAWN 🍤 RECIPES | STARTUP COOKING

Prawn thokku is a wonderful and most loved recipe in Tamil Nadu cuisine and is also named as Eral thokku. This recipe is very simple and easy to prepare with basic ingredients in the kitchen. Adding lots of curry leaves 🍃 gives authentic flavor to this recipe. Eral thokku is little spicy and mouth watering with the spice powders but you can reduce the spice level according to your taste. This recipe goes very well with plain steamed rice, rasam rice or with dosa and chapatti. Don't forgot to try this fingerpicking thokku at home. Follow my step-by-step photo recipe to prepare Prawn 🍤 Thokku. If you like this recipe, share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.

RECIPE FOR PRAWN 🍤 THOKKU

Course       : Main

Cuisine      : South India

Author       : Jayashree Karthik

Prep Time  : 15 min

Cook Time : 30 min

Total Time  : 45 min

INGREDIENTS

• 2 tbsp sesame oil

• 1/4 tsp mustard seeds

• 1/4 tsp fennel seeds

• 1 large onion - very finely chopped

• 1 spring curry leaves

• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

• 1 large tomato 🍅 - finely chopped (equal ratio of onion and tomato)

• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder

• 1/2 tbsp red chilli powder

• 1 tbsp coriander powder

• 1 tsp cumin powder

• 1 tsp garam masala powder

• salt to taste

• 1/4 cup water to cook spice powders

• 1 green chilli

• 340 g / 1.5 cup prawns 🍤 - cleaned and de-veined

• 1 tbsp pepper powder

• 1 spring curry leaves

• 1/4 cup coriander leaves - chopped

PROCEDURE

• wash and de-vein the prawn, marinate with little turmeric powder and keep it aside

• heat oil in a pan

• add mustard seeds and fennel seeds, saute for few seconds until nice aroma

• add finely chopped onion and curry leaves

• saute well until onion turn translucent

• add ginger garlic paste and saute well or until the raw smell goes

• add finely chopped tomatoes

• cover and cook in medium flame

• tomatoes turn mushy

• now add turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder and salt

• mix well

• add green chilli and 1/4 cup water

• combine well

• cover and cook in low medium flame until the raw smell of spices goes

• now the mixture becomes dry

• add cleaned and de-veined prawn

• add pepper powder

• combine altogether

• cover and cook in low medium flame for 5-7 minutes

• don't over cook the prawn otherwise it becomes rubbery

• add one spring curry leaves, mix well and cook for 1 minute

• switch off the flame

• garnish with coriander leaves

• serve with hot steamed rice or simply with rasam rice

• tastes delicious 😋 

Note: 

1. de-vein the prawn is very important
2. make sure the mixture has to become very dry before adding the prawns
3. prawns will release water, so don't add water after adding the prawns
4. don't over cook
5. prawns takes very less time to cook
6. adding more curry leaves turns flavorful to this recipe

PRAWN THOKKU WITH STEP-BY-STEP PHOTO RECIPE

heat oil in a cast iron wok

add mustard seeds and fennel seeds, saute well untill the nice aroma

add finely chopped onion and curry leaves, saute well untill it becomes translucent

add ginger garlic paste 

saute well until the raw smell goes

add finely chopped tomatoes

cover and cook in low medium flame

tomatoes turn mushy and becomes dry

add turmeric powder, red chilli powder,  coriander powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder and salt

mix well 

add 1/4 cup water

add 1 green chilli for nice taste and aroma, cover and cook well

mixture becomes dry (this is the perfect stage)

cleaned and de-veined prawn, marinate with little turmeric powder

add prawns

add pepper powder

combine altogether, cover and cook in low medium flame for 5-7 minutes

Prawn Cooked

once prawn cooked add curry leaves

mix well and cook for 1 minute

garnish with coriander leaves

serve hot with steamed rice or with rasam rice, taste yum 😋