Prawn Chops

Name: Prawn Chops
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For the Prawn Chops:-; 300 gram medium sized prawns; 2 potatoes boiled and mashed; 1 onion chopped; 1 tbsp ginger-garlic-green chilli paste; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 1/2 tsp garam masala powder; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 1/4 tsp sugar; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 2 bay leaves; 2 tbsp oil; 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves; For coating and frying :-; 2 eggs beaten; 4 tbsp water; 1 cup breadcrumb; to taste Salt; 1 cup mustard oil for frying

Manami Sadhukhan Chowdhury @cook_12370899

Barrackpore, Kolkata, West Bengal

#Starters
These prawn chops are one of the delicious snacks from the streets of Kolkatta.

Manami Sadhukhan Chowdhury @cook_12370899

Barrackpore, Kolkata, West Bengal

#Starters
These prawn chops are one of the delicious snacks from the streets of Kolkatta.

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Ingredients

30 minutes

4 servings

For the Prawn Chops:-
300 grammedium sized prawns
2potatoes boiled and mashed
1onion chopped
1 tbspginger-garlic-green chilli paste
1/4 tspturmeric powder
1/2 tspgaram masala powder
1/2 tspcumin seeds
1/4 tspsugar
1/2 tspcumin seeds
2bay leaves
2 tbspoil
1 tbspchopped coriander leaves
For coating and frying :-
2eggs beaten
4 tbspwater
1 cupbreadcrumb
to tasteSalt
1 cupmustard oil for frying

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Wash, peel and devein the prawns while keeping the tails intact. Marinate with salt and turmeric powder for 5 minutes. Keep them aside.
2

In a Kadai, heat oil. Add cumin seeds and bay leaves. Let the cumin crackle. Add the garlic-ginger-green chilli paste and saute for a minute.
3

Then add in chopped onion and saute it for 2 minutes.
4

Meanwhile cut some of the marinated prawn flesh roughly into pieces and add along with the mashed potatoes into the Kadai. Stir and cook for 2 minutes.
5

Then add in salt, sugar, cumin seeds, turmeric powder, garam masala powder and coriander leaves. Stir and cook for another 2 minutes till all the ingredients combine well. Keep it aside to cool.
6

Now cover rest of the marinated prawns with this filling one by one. Make cylinder shaped chops like this.
7

Spread the breadcrumbs on a plate. Add water and salt into the egg. Mix it.
8

Now coat the chops with the breadcrumbs, then dip it into the egg batter and coat it again with the breadcrumbs.
9

Repeat the process with the other portions too.
10

Heat oil in an another Kadai, and fry this chops till golden.
11

Take them out when done in a plate.
12

Serve hot with mustard sauce.