Golden Prawns Pakoda

Ingredients :

500 gms prawns (shelled, de veined and washed)
2 tbsp gram flour (besan)
1 tbsp rice flour
1 tbsp ginger paste
1 tbsp garlic paste
2-3 chopped green chilli
1 tsp cumin seed pd
1 tsp coriander pd
1 tsp turmeric pd
1 tsp red chilly pd
1 tsp garam masala pd
1 tsp chaat masala
8-9 curry leaves (fine chopped)
1/4 tsp carom seeds (ajwain)
1 tbsp coriander leaves (chopped)
1/4 tsp hing
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Method :

Marinate prawns with ginger-garlic paste, chopped green chillies, red chilly pd, turmeric pd, cumin-coriander pd, garam masala pd, chaat masala, curry leaves, carom seeds, coriander leaves. Add gram flour and rice flour and adjust water accordingly. Add hing and salt. Keep aside for half an hour.

Make small tikkis out of the prawns batter.

Heat a pan. Add 1 tbsp of oil and shallow fry the pakodas.

Serve hot with chutneys.