Make this Prawn Ghee Roast that is succulent, flavourful with freshly ground masala makes it classic comfort food! 
This recipe was originally published in March 2015. It has been updated with contents and photos.
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What is Prawn Ghee Roast?
Prawn Ghee Roast is a popular Mangalore recipe whose origin is from a small town Kundapur, close to Mangalore.
This Mangalore Prawn Roast is a spicy, juicy, and most flavourful prawn roast recipe ever.
Prawns are marinated with curd, turmeric, and lemon juice and shallow fried to get the juicy and tender prawns and cooked in the freshly ground spices, this spice masala plays a huge role in getting the signature taste for this prawn ghee roast recipe.
Ingredients to make Prawn Ghee Roast Masala:
Prawn Ghee Roast Masala are dry red chilies, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, garlic, tamarind, fenugreek seeds.
Why this recipe works:
1. You can taste the authentic taste of the recipe.
2. Easy, quick to make at home.
3. Make restaurant-quality food just at home.
How to make Prawn Ghee Roast:
Tips to make the best Mangalore Prawn Roast:
Ghee: Add good quality ghee for the best flavors.
The flavors amicably depend on ghee, adding generous ghee for prawn ghee roast makes it scrumptious.
Prawns: You may use any sized prawns for this recipe, make sure to clean and devein them before you cook.
Marination: You can marinate the prawns for overnights.
Frequently Asked Questions:
1. How do you serve prawn ghee roast?
This prawn roast can be served with Steamed Rice, Pulao, Dosa, Idly, or Roti.
2. How long can I store prawn ghee roast?
Leftover prawn ghee roast can be stored in an air-tight container and refrigerated for 3 days.
just reheat in a pan and drizzle 1 teaspoon of ghee just to heat it up.
3. How to buy fresh Prawns?
Fresh prawns with the shell that has a firm and glossy appearance, if you find black spots on the shell it is the indicator that shrimp is no longer fresh.
While buying prawns/ shrimp you have two choices of buying a fresh or frozen.
Both will work but the frozen prawns will have total time to defrost and not as flavourful as fresh prawns cooked.
They also tend to cook tougher after cooking, so the fresh prawns are way better!
4. How long to cook the prawns?
You can tell when the prawns cooked as it will turn to a pink color and half curve shape.
For medium-sized prawns, it takes 3 to 4 minutes to cook.
For large shrimp, it will take 5 to 6 minutes and
For Jumbo prawns 7 to 8 minutes.
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PrintPrawn Ghee Roast
Make this prawn ghee roast that is succulent, flavourful with freshly ground masala makes it a classic comfort Food!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 3 1x
- Category: Starter/Side Dish
- Method: stovetop
- Cuisine: indian
Ingredients
3 tablespoon Ghee
Marinade:
- 1/2 kg Prawns
- 1/4 cup curd/yogurt
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
To Grind:
- 6 dry red chilies
- 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
- 10 garlic cloves
- 1 lemon sized ball tamarind
- 1/4 cup water
Instructions
Wash and devein the prawns.
To Marinade te prawns: Take prawns/shrimp, curd, turmeric powder, salt, and lemon juice in a mixing bowl.
Mix to combine and let it marinate for 5 minutes.
To grind Masala:
Meanwhile will make a Masala, I have taken dry red chilies, coriander seeds, garlic cloves, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, tamarind.
Add into the blender and 1/4 cup of water. Grind to a smooth paste and set aside.
To cook prawns: Add 1 tablespoon ghee to the pan,add marinated prawns
Stir fry the prawns to cook. Collect the cooked prawns in a bowl and set aside.
To make prawn Ghee roast:
To the same pan or Kadai add 2 tablespoon ghee.
Add the ground masala. Stir fry the masala for 4 to 5 minutes.
You can see a thin glaze of oil on the sides of the pan and the masala is slightly darkened.
Add the cooked prawns. Mix well and cook for 1 minute to the prawns to be coated with the masala.
Notes
Tips to make the best Prawn Ghee roast :
Ghee: Add good quality ghee for the best flavors.
The flavors amicably depend on ghee, adding generous ghee for prawn ghee roast makes it scrumptious.
Prawns: You may use any sized prawns for this recipe, make sure to clean and devein them before you cook.
Marination: You can marinate the prawns for overnights.
Keywords: prawns ghee roast, spicy prawns recipe, manglore prawn roast
Nice and easy to make taste also good
Hi Ananth! Thank you for your feedback. I’m glad you liked it.
Good clear instructions, also your personality suits this effort of yours. Keep up the good work.
Hi Fernandes!
Thank you so much!
I enjoyed using my fresh seafood for this sides!
★★★★★
Will this recipe work without tamarind or tamarind pulp??? Any easy substitute for the same?
Hi, I haven’t tried without tamarind.
But I’m sure You may use lemon juice to add the tangy taste.
Thank you.