Prawn Thokku, a delicious and flavorful masala made from the prawn and the exotic Indian spices. It tastes great as a side dish for rice and rasam combo. It's so easy to make with just a handful of ingredients  and the taste is simply awesome. 

Though i eat prawns regularly at restaurants, making them at home has never been a thing until a year ago. I thought cleaning prawns would take a lot of time so never attempted to cook at home. 

Now that my little one likes prawns a lot, i jumped in to cook the prawns at home because you know that the prawns available at Indian restaurants here are mostly too spicy or/and oily. Hence i prefer to give him home cooked prawns.

Like me, if you're new to cook the prawns at home, i highly recommend you  give this recipe a try . It's such a beginner friendly recipe and i guess no one can mess up this recipe. For the past few months, this prawn thokku has been a regular in our weekend lunch menu. 

As i said earlier, i usually make prawns for my little one so the spices are very mild but you can adjust the spices as per your liking. Here are some key points to make yummy prawn thokku

• Make sure to use coconut oil for this thokku, it gives a wonderful flavor and taste to the thokku.
• Adding a lot of onions and sauteing them well add more taste to the thokku so be generous with the onions.
• Make sure to cook the masala till you can see the oil around the edges before adding the prawns.
•  Once you add the prawn, don't cook for a long time, it will make the prawn rubbery.

For those who live in Canada, currently i'm buying the prawns from the T&T store and i prefer the shelled prawns over the unshelled prawns and i do the un-shelling and deveining the prawns at home. 

It's a little bit tricky to get the knack of cleaning the prawns quickly. I had tried a few methods of cleaning prawns and found the fork method is quite easy and have been following it for a couple of months now. You can google it on how to do it. 

Ok, now let's check out how to make this delicious prawn thokku.

Prawn Thokku | Spicy Prawn Masala

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Serves : 2 
Recipe Category: Curry | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Prawn thokku, Spicy prawn masala, Indian prawn masala Prawn Thokku, a delicious and flavorful masala made from the prawn and the exotic Indian spices. It tastes great as a side dish for rice and rasam combo.

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Ingredients

Prawn (unshelled & deveined ) - 250 gms

Onion (medium size ) - 1

Tomato( medium size )  - 2

Coconut oil - 1 tbsp

Cumin Seed - 1/2 tsp

Fennel Seed - 1/2 tsp

Ginger garlic paste - 1 & 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Red chili powder - 3/4 tsp

Coriander powder - 2 tsp

Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp

Salt - to taste

Coriander leaves - a few

Procedure

First clean the prawn twice or thrice in the water. Before the final wash, add a little bit of turmeric powder in the prawn, mix well and then wash & keep it aside.

Heat a thick bottomed pan with coconut oil, add the cumin seed and the fennel seed, let them splutter.

Then add the finely chopped onions and saute till they are translucent.

Next add the ginger garlic paste and saute till it's aromatic and then add the finely chopped tomatoes, all spices(turmeric, red chili and coriander powder) and salt.

Give it a good mix and then cover the pan with lid cook till the tomatoes are mushy. 

Next add the prawns and mix it with the masala and cover the pan with lid and cook the prawn for 8-10 mins or until it's done. 

Finally add the pepper powder and the finely chopped coriander leaves. Give a good mix and then switch off the flame.

Delicious Prawn Thokku is ready.

Related: How to make South Indian Style Salmon Fish Curry 

Notes:

• If you have curry leaves, add a spring while sauteing the onions,  it gives a nice aroma.
• Coconut oil gives a great flavor to the thokku, so i  highly recommend to use it.