Nadan Chemmen Roast | Kerala Style Prawn / Shrimp Roast | Startup Cooking

 NADAN CHEMMEN ROAST | 

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Nadan Chemmen roast is a spicy dish, well flavored with curry leaves, cumin seeds, pepper, ginger and garlic. It is a simple and quick roast using prawns and this can be prepared under 30 minutes. This recipe is adapted from Sangeetha Subhash Menon, a keralite and a popular food blogger (kothiyavunu.com).

Prawn is roasted in the coconut oil to make more flavorful which is loaded with lots of health benefits. It is delicious and tasty and it can be served as a starter or as a side dish. Chemmen roast goes well with all types of fried rice, ghee rice or with plain rice.

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• Chilli garlic prawns

• Prawn fried rice

• Prawn thokku

• Prawn ghee pepper roast

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• Andhra style prawn fry

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RECIPE FOR KERALA PRAWN ROAST

Coarse       : Starters / Appetizers

Cuisine      : Kerala

Author       : Jayashree Karthik

Prep Time  : 10 min

Cook Time : 15 min

Total Time  : 25 min

INGREDIENTS

To Grind

• 6 shallots (small onions)

• 3 garlic

• 1 inch ginger

• 1 spring curry leaves

• 1/2 tsp black pepper corn

• 1/4 tsp cumin seeds

• 3 tbsp water

To Roast

• 3 tbsp coconut oil

• 1 cup prawns - de-veined

• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder

• 2 tsp red chilli powder

• salt to taste

• 1 tsp rice flour

• 1 spring curry leaves

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PROCEDURE

• remove the shell and de-vein the prawns

• wash the prawns well with running tap water

• in a mixer grinder, add shallots, garlic, ginger, curry leaves, cumin seeds and black pepper corn

• add little water and grind to a smooth paste

• take cleaned prawns

• add ground masala paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt

• mix well and rest for 15 minutes

• add rice flour  to the marinated prawns and mix well (this step is optional, rice flour gives slight crisp and texture to the prawns)

• heat oil in a cast iron wok

• temper with curry leaves

• add marinated prawns and mix well

• cook on medium flame, until water from the prawns has been absorbed

• once all the water has been absorbed, roast on high flame until it turns crispy and dark brown on both the sides

• switch off the flame and garnish with more curry leaves

• mix well and serve hot with rice

• Enjoy!

NOTES

• adjust spice level according to your taste
• use coconut oil to enhance the authentic taste and flavor
• if you dont like coconut oil replace with sesame oil or peanut oil

more non-veg starters/appetizers

• Tawa chicken

• Prawn ghee pepper roast

• Salmon fish fry

• Chicken Nuggets

• Mutton liver fry

• Pomfret fish fry

• Chilli garlic prawns

• Chicken Nuggets - fried

• Vanjaram/Seer Fish Fry

Nadan Chemmen Roast With Step By 

Step Photo Recipe

take all the ingredients to grind

add into the mixer grinder

add little water and grind to a smooth paste

take cleaned and de-veined prawns in to the bowl

add ground paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt

mix well and rest for 15 minutes

add a tsp of rice flour for more crispy texture

mix well

heat coconut oil in a cast iron wok, temper with curry leaves and then add marinated prawns

cook on medium flame until water from the prawns has been absorbed

cover and cook on high flame

roast on both the sides

roast until it turns crispy texture and brown on both the sides,

switch off the flame and garnish with more curry leaves

serve hot with rice

Nadan Chemmen Roast - taste absolutely delicious 😋