Nellore Royyala (Prawn) Vepudu (Fry)
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • Pre cooking:
  • • Prawns – 20
  • • Lemon – 2 tbsp
  • • Salt – 1.5 tsp
  • Masala:
  • • Pepper – 1 tbsp
  • • Cinnamon – 1 inch
  • • Cloves - 2
  • • Coriander seeds – 2 tsp
  • • Fennel seeds – 2 tsp
  • • Dry chilli (according to your spice level) – 4
  • • 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
  1. Take the Prawns (uncooked). Add lemon juice and salt accordingly to the prawn and keep it aside for around 15 minutes. For Masala:
  2. Pepper, Cinnamon, Cloves, Coriander, Fennel Seeds, Dry chilli and coconut
  3. Grind to a fine powder. It’s always more delicious when you add freshly grounded masala powder to this Nellore style prawn fry.
  4. For Curry: Now add oil to your kadai, add 2 onions, green chillies, curry leaves and a bit of salt.
  5. 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.
  6. It will be semi-thick, Add the prawns now.
  7. 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.
  8. 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/