Tandoori Prawns Recipe How To Make Tandoori Prawns Recipe At Home Homemade Tandoori Prawns Recipe Times Food

TANDOORI PRAWNS

Steps:

• How to make the recipe
• First we need to peel and deveined the prawns. You can buy a ready to use prawns for the recipe.
• Remove the head and legs from it with your finger. Peel the shells from it.
• You can even remove the tail by squeezing it.
• Using a small sharp knife make a slit along the middle of the back of the prawns to expose the black colour vein.
• Now under running water wash and clean the prawns and remove the vein.
• Pat them dry completely using a napkin or kitchen towel.
• Mix half of the lemon juice, red chilli powder and salt with the prawns. Keep them as a first marination for 10 minutes.
• In a mixing bowl mix all the remaining ingredients with yoghurt and whisk them nicely to make tandoori masala.
• Now mix these tandoori masala with the prawn nicely and marinate for at least 1 - 3 hours
• Making the tandoori prawns
• Using Oven :- if you use wooden sticks then soaked them in water for at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat the Oven at 240°C for at least 15 minutes and line a baking tray with aluminum foil and place a rack over
• Bring the marinated prawns and start to thread the prawns one by one in the shewer. Keep a minimum gap between them while threading.
• Place the tray inside the oven and grill them for 10 minutes
• After 7 minutes remove the tray and brush some butter over the prawns and place the shewer over the rack and cook for last 3 minutes or till crisp golden.
• Serve them hot sprinkling some chat masala over them with green mint chutney or sauce.
• Below you can read how to cook the prawns using a charcoal tandoor and over a Tawa or pan.

TANDOORI PRAWNS

Steps:

• Whisk together the lemon juice, garlic and ginger. Place prawns in a shallow baking dish and cover with the marinade. Let sit 15 minutes. Drain and pat the prawns dry.
• Mix together all ingredients. Place prawns back in the baking dish and cover with the marinade. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour. Thread 4 shrimp on a skewer and grill for 3 to 4 minutes on each side.

TANDOORI PRAWN RECIPE

Steps:

• First defrost prawns by either keeping them in water at room temperature water for 30 minutes or transfer the frozen prawns in the fridge compartment from the freezer. This will also thaw the prawns for using them the next day.
• Next, add and mix all ingredients listed above in a big bowl and add thawed prawns in that bowl. Keep them in the marinade for 10 minutes if you are in hurry. However If you have time, keeping these marinated prawns for longer than hour would make tandoori prawns even tastier.
• After that skew these prawns on to skewers and cook them using any of the above mentioned methods. You can use an oven or grill on a stove top as per your choice. Both processes are explained below:
• Preheat the oven at 200C.
• Brush marinated prawns with oil and grill for 10 Minutes. Actual time may vary from 9-12 minutes depending on the size of prawns you are using.
• Brush them with melted butter after cooking for that extra flavor if you like that, or serve them hot as it is.
• If you do not want to use an oven, simply make them over stove top.
• Heat a grill pan brush it with oil. When it is hot, place marinated prawn skewers and grill on medium heat for 2-3 minutes.
• Then increase the heat and allow them to cook till they are slightly charred for that smoky flavour.
• Once done, sprinkle some chaat masala and serve them with sauce/chutney of your choice.