Last week, on calling my regular fish vendor to order, I was told that he’s out of station on a family emergency. Naturally my next option was to order online. When I saw the small soft shell prawns, the first thought that came into my mind were Prawn Pickle and Prawn Stir Fry. I was taken aback a bit when the order arrived. Though I prepared for small prawns, little did I expect them to be tiny. Shelling 1 kg of those would result in breaking my back. Next option? I totally scrapped the idea of making Pickle and decided of making just the stir fry. It looked like stir fry, smelled like stir fry. On tasting, I was a bit disappointed. All I could taste were the shells. I couldn’t possibly serve it to my boys. Time for some damage control. I pulsed the prawns, mixed with rest of cutlet ingredients and Voila !! Prawn Cutlets ready.
Though I had used Stir fried Prawns to make the cutlets, the recipe I’m giving is of fresh prawns. The process remains pretty much the same.

Prawn Cutlets/ Chemmeen Cutlets

An easy to make Prawn Cutlets recipe.

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 35 mins

Servings 10 pieces

Ingredients

  

• 250 gms Shelled Prawns
• 1 Chopped onion
• 1 big Cooked and crumbled potato
• 1 teaspoon Ginger paste
• 1 teaspoon Garlic paste
• 1 teaspoon Chilli powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder
• to taste Salt
• 2 tablespoons Chopped Coriander leaves
• 1 tablespoon Lime juice
• 2 Beaten Egg whites
• 3/4 cup Breadcrumbs
• Oil for deep frying

Instructions

 

• Blitz the Fresh prawns/ Fried Prawns coarsely in a grinder. Keep aside.
  
• Heat oil in a pan.
  
• Add the chopped onion and saute till translucent.
  
• Add the ginger-garlic pastes.
  
• Saute till raw smell goes.
• If using fresh prawns, add salt, chilli powder and turmeric powder and mix well. If using stir fried prawns, you can skip this step.
• Add the coarsely ground prawns.
  
• Cook till all the liquid is evaporated and the mixture is dry.
• Add the crumbled potatoes and mix well.
  
• Add the chopped coriander leaves.
  
• Add the lime juice and mix well.
  
• Switch off heat.
• Take a small portion of the mixture and roll into desired shapes.
  
• Dip in the beaten whites.
  
• Roll on the breadcrumbs so that they are evenly coated.
  
• Repeat the process with remaining mixture.
  
• Meanwhile, heat oil for deep frying.
  
• When the oil is hot, carefully drop the cutlets.
• Fry both sides till golden brown.
  
• Drain onto an absorbent paper.
  
• Serve hot.