• Coconut (can use designated or fresh one) – 1 tsp
Curry:
• Oil - 1.5 tbsp
• Curry leaves - 5
• Onion – 2, finely chopped
• Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
• Tomato – 1, finely chopped
• Green chillies – 2, slit
• Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Coriander leaves (finely chopped to garnish) – 1 tsp
• lemon juice (to garnish) – 1 tsp
Instructions
Take the Prawns (uncooked). Add lemon juice and salt accordingly to the prawn and keep it aside for around 15 minutes. For Masala:
Pepper, Cinnamon, Cloves, Coriander, Fennel Seeds, Dry chilli and coconut
Grind to a fine powder. It’s always more delicious when you add freshly grounded masala powder to this Nellore style prawn fry.
For Curry: Now add oil to your kadai, add 2 onions, green chillies, curry leaves and a bit of salt.
Add 1 Tomato (e.g. if you are adding 4 onions then add 2 tomatoes—- I add tomato paste from Costco too when I don’t have fresh tomatoes it adds flavour, so you can add like 2-3 tablespoons of Kirkland Tomato paste) and turmeric powder, grounded masala powder fry it for a minute or so until it mashes and mixes well. Then add 2 tbsp of water and close it for 3 minutes in medium heat.
It will be semi-thick, Add the prawns now.
Fry it till cooked ( which is around 4 minutes in medium heat) and then add a bit a lemon juice and coriander leaves before you turn off the stove. check for salt and adjust at this step.
Voila Nellore Royyala Vepudu ready !!!!
Notes
add finely chopped onion :) it makes the difference.
Recipe by Relish The Bite at https://www.relishthebite.com/nellore-royyala-prawn-vepudu-fry/