South Indian Style Shrimp Fried Rice Recipe

CHENNAI, India - Nov. 27, 2014 - PRLog -- This yummy south Indian shrimp fried rice will taste excellent. As the name tells we need to add shrimps (prawns) instead of chickens. Otherwise the preparation method is same as chicken fried rice. This article will offer detailed explanation about shrimp fried rice preparation method.


Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Rice Ingredients:

1 cup basmati rice

2 tablespoon oil

Ginger & Garlic paste - 2 tablespoon

2 green chilies (Finely chopped)

Medium sized onion 1 (Finely chopped)

1 small sized capsicum (Finely chopped)

Soya sauce to taste

Vinegar / lemon water to taste

Salt to taste

Sugar to taste (Not mandatory)

Black pepper powder - ½ table spoon

Chopped spring onion - ¼ cup

Shrimps (Prawns) Ingredients:

100gms of well cleaned shrimps

Chili powder - 1 tablespoon

Salt to taste

Soya sauce to taste

Lime / vinegar to taste


Direction:

Basmati Rice Cooking method:

1. Wash basmati rice well to remove starches

2. Heat 5 cups of water and add basmati rice

3. Don't boil basmati rice well; just boil it until the 1st layer getting soft. Let the inner layer of rice remain hard. Take boiled rice aside in a bowl. </br>

Direction to Prepare prawn rice with cooked basmati rice:

1. Now, wash prawns properly and take it into a bowl.

2. Add soya sauce, Chili powder, salt to taste & lemon juice in the bowl and mix well together.

3. Heat few spoons of oil in a saucepan and fry prawns well for 2 to 3 minutes and take aside

4. In the same saucepan, add ¾th of chopped onion, capsicum, green chilies, ginger & garlic paste and saute for a minute

5. Now add pepper powder and sugar to taste. (As mentioned in ingredients section, 6. adding sugar is not mandatory)

7. Add some soya sauce & lemon juice into pan and saute them well.

8. Add fried prawns and mix well with veggies for a minute

9. Now add in cooked rice

10. Now add remaining veggies into the rice mixture and saute them again for a minute, mix well all together and serve!

Note:

Tomato sauces or chili sauces are the best choice to have as a side dish with prawn fried rice. Some people will prefer dry version of egg crunch fry along with prawn fried rice; this will doubles the taste for sure. Serving shrimp rice with round shaped onion slices is the best and simple choice ever.

For the best result of Shrimp (prawn) rice, we can use the rice boiled one day before and refrigerated. This method will help to prevent the rice from damages and breakage.

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