Avarakai & shrimp curry (beans & shrimp curry)

I use to make shrimp with mushroom....my mom is a good cook.. she said to try shrimp with avarkai(beans) it turned out too good..

Ingredients

1/4 kg - Avarakai

15 nos - shrimp

1/2 no - onion

1 no - tomato(small)

1 pod - garlic

1 tsp - mustard seed

1 tsp - urad dhal

1 pinch - tumeric powder

1 tsp - oil

chili powder to taste

salt to taste

Instructions

Step1. Heat oil in the wok or kadai..

Step2. when oil is heat pop mustard seed and urad dhal.
Step3. Shallow fry the onion and garlic
Step4. When the onion turns out soft and transculent add the chopped tomato.
Step5. then add beans(avarakai) and shrimp and cook for 1 min or less.
Step6. now add tumeric powder, salt and chili powder .
Step7. then add water to cook the beans and shrimp.
Step8. when all the water are absorbed and veg. and shrimp are cook...turn on the stove.
Step9. Serve hot.

Fried Chilli Crab

Crab is one kind of seafood i love the most, nowadays its becomes my daughter's favorite too. I remember, my grandma use to cook crab and bring it home to me.

Ingredients

2 Medium Size - Raw crabs

1/2 cup - Peanut oil

2 Tsp - Finely grated fresh ginger

3 no - garlic cloves(finely chopped)

3 no - Fresh red chilies, seeded and chopped

1/4 cup - Tomato sauce

1/4 cup - Chili sauce

1 Tbs - Sugar

1 Tbs -Light soy sauce

1 Tsp - salt(or to taste)

Instruction

Step1 . Wash crabs well, scrubbing away any mossy patches on the shell.

Step2 . Remove hard top shell, stomach bag and fibrous tissue and with cleaver chop each crab into 4 pieces, or 6 pieces , if they are large.

Step 3. Heat a wok, add oil and when oil is very hot fry the crab pieces until they change color, turning them so they cook on all sides.

Step 4. Remove to a plate. Turn heat on low and fry the ginger, garlic and red chilies, stirring constantly, until they are cooked but not brown.

Step 5. Add the sauces, sugar,soysauce and salt and bring to the boil, then return crab to the wok and allow to simmer in th e sauce for 3 mins, adding very little water if sauce reduces too much.

Step 6. Serve with white rice.

Source

The complete Asian cookbook - Charmaine solomon.

Shrimp cocktail

shrimp is actually has less calories and no cholestrol and good for health.

Ingredients-1

20 nos -Cooked shrimp(with tail)
Salt as per need
Pepper to taste
Lemon juice to sprinkle

Ingredients-2

½ no -Onion(optional)
2 no Garlic(optional)

Instructions

step1. although the shrimp is cooked it might have some raw smell. so cook it for 5 mintues in a pan by just adding water.
step 2. spread the shrimp in kitchen towel to absorb all the water.

step3. there should be no moisture in the shrimp so press it with napkins and drain all the water.

step4. in the pan spread the shrimp then sprinkle oil little by little.

step5.turn both side often(because we are using less oil so that it will get burn)
step6. sprinkle very little salt because it is cooked shrimp so it already has salt and sprinkle pepper.
step7.when it started poping the shrimp is ready so immediately transfer it in to the plate
step8.before serving sprinkle with lemon juice.

hot and tasty shrimp cocktail is ready.

these steps are optional.
1.u can finely chop onion and garlic and fry until there are very brown and crispy and add to the shrimp it gives a very good texture and aroma

Notes
this shrimp can serve as a appetizer or go fine with salad