PRAWNS BALLS / THATTUKADA SPECIAL CHEMMEEN UNDAPUTTU.

 PRAWNS BALLS / THATTUKADA SPECIAL CHEMMEEN UNDAPUTTU.  

PRAWNS BALLS / THATTUKADA SPECIAL CHEMMEEN UNDAPUTTU IS A VERY POPULAR AND TASTY  SNACKS THAT WE SEE IN A TEA SHOP( THATTUKADA). IT IS ONE OF THE POPULAR SNACKS OF MALABARIANS. IT IS ONE OF THE TASTY ITEMS AMONG IFTAR DISH.

NOWADAYS TEA SHOP(THATTUKADA) HAVE A MAJOR ROLE IN ATTRACTING  TRENDING  FOODS AND  SNACKS. ALMOST 90 % PEOPLE ARE REALLY ENTHUSIASED FOR BUYING AND EATINGS STREET FOOD. IT IS REALLY TASTY WHILE EATING BESIDE THE CORNER OF TEA SHOPS. THE PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT  TO BUY. BECAUSE THEY WERE CONFUSED TO SELECT THE ITEMS FOR BUYING. IT IS VERY HAPPY TO SIT IN THE CORNER OF FAST FOOD SHOP AND EAT HOT SNACKS, FOODS  WITH  HOT TEA OR COFFEE.AMONG THEM PRAWNS BALL BECOME VERY POPULAR AND HAVE SEEN IN THE TOP LIST IN THE  MAIN MENU OF EVERY TEA SHOP (THATTUKADA).

 THIS SNACKS ARE MADE WITH FRIED PRAWNS. THE FRIED PRAWNS ARE MIXED WITH ROASTED ONIONS AND THESE MIX ARE FILLED IN THE DOUGH WHICH ARE MADE BY USING RICE FLOUR. THIS RECIPE I GOT FROM MY MOTHER. WHENEVER PRAWNS ARE AVAILABLE, MY MOM MAKES IT BEST. I FOLLOWED THE RECIPE AND MAKE THIS TWO OR MORE TIMES. IT TASTES SPICY AND TASTY. THE TASTE OF PRAWNS MAKES THIS A  DELICIOUS  SNACK. I AM THE ONE WHO LOVES THE  FAST FOOD. IF WE GO FOR AN EVENING WALK, I LIKE TO BUY ANYTHING FROM FAST FOOD SHOP. IT IS VERY TASTY TO EAT THE HOT SNACK FROM STREET. THE TASTES OF PRAWNS BALL ATTRACTED ME BECAUSE IN THAT TEA SHOP( THATTUKADA) THEY USE FRIED PRAWNS TO MAKE FILLINGS/ MASALA'S . WHEN I BITE, I REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND FILLED. SO AFTER TWO DAYS, I MAKE THE PRAWNS BALL BY FOLLOWING TEA SHOP( THATTUKADA) STYLE. THERE I GOT EXCELLENT OPINIONS FROM MY FAMILIES. BEFORE THAT WE ARE MAKING PRAWNS BALL BY ROASTING MASALA AND MIX THE PRAWNS IN THAT. WE DIDN'T FRY THE PRAWNS. BUT IN TEA SHOP (THATTUKADA) I FOUND THAT  THEY FRIED THE PRAWNS CRISPY AND THEN PUT IN TO THE MASALA. SO THAT WAY I TESTED, IT WAS SUCCESSFUL AND NOW MY MOTHER ALSO  MAKES  PRAWNS BALL LIKE THIS.

PRAWNS BALL IS VERY SIMPLE AND EASY RECIPE. YOU CAN MAKE AT ANY TIME. THE INGREDIENTS USED TO MAKE PRAWNS BALL IS HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. SO YOU CAN MAKE IT EASIER WITHOUT ANY PURCHASES. HERE THE PRAWNS ARE MARINATED AND FRIED CRISPLY AND THEN COMBINED WITH ROASTED ONION MASALA'S. THESE ARE THEN FILLED INTO A RICE DOUGH AND COATED WITH CRUSHED COCONUT. AT LAST THE BALLS ARE  STEAMED WELL BY USING STEAMER. IT TASTES SOFT, SPICY AND CRUNCHY.  THE EXTERNAL OUTLOOK OF THIS SNACKS MAKES AN ATTRACTION AND THE INNERMOST PART IS VERY SOFT AND NICE TO SEE WHEN IT IS CUTTED.THE TASTE OF PRAWNS MAKES THIS SNACK A DELICIOUS ONE. 

LET'S FOLLOW THIS STEPS TO MAKE TEA SHOP( THATTUKADA) STYLE PRAWNS BALL OR CHEMMEEN UNDAPUTTU AND ENJOY WITH YOUR FAMILY.

INGREDIENTS

Prawns - 1/2kg

Rice flour - 2 cup

Water - for making dough

Onion - 2 big

Ginger paste - 1tsp

Garlic paste -1tsp

Green chilly paste -1 tsp

Red chilly powder - 1 1/2tbsp

Turmeric powder - 1tsp

Biryani Masala powder- 1/2tsp

Pepper powder- 1tsp

Curry leaves

Coriander leaves 

Salt

Coconut - 4 tbsp

Crushed coconut  - 1/2 of 1 whole

Banana leaves - 1 big

PREPARATION

~  Wash and clean the prawns very well. Drain the water.

~ Take a bowl, add Red chilly powder, Turmeric powder, Pepper powder, Biryani Masala powder and enough salt. Mix well. Transfer the prawn into this bowl. Marinate the prawns  well by using your hands.

 

~ Take a kadai, heat coconut oil, transfer the marinated prawns one by one. Fry all the batches until it turns fried and crispy.  Once the prawns fried, remove it from pan and keep aside.

~ In that same oil ( prawns fried oil), add chopped onion and enough salt. Saute well until the onion gets light golden colour.

~ Then add ginger, garlic and green chilly paste. Mix well and cook until the roast smells comes.

~ Transfer the fried prawns one by one and mix well with these masala. Close the Kadai and cook it for 3 to 5 minutes in a medium flame. After that you can garnish it with chopped curry leaves and Coriander leaves. Switch off the flame and keep aside.

~ Take a bowl, add 2 cup of rice flour and enough salt. Then mix well and make a soft dough by adding enough water.( The dough should not be too tight or loose. The correct consistency is like that of Idiyappam/Noolputtu dough).

~ Divide the balls into a  small tomato sized balls. 

 

~ Apply little oil in your palms, take I ball from these. Put it in your left palm and press this ball by using right palms. Then you get a "poori" shaped dough. Then apply 1 or 2 tbsp of prawns masala in the centre. Then  cover the masala by folding with each edges and shape  ball roundly. Fill all other balls by using these methods

~ Coat the each prawns filled ball with crushed coconut. You can just coat all sides with crushed coconut. It is very nice to see when the ball is coated with crushed coconut.

~ Take a steamer, put half piece of banana leaves into its top. Add each masala filled balls into its top. Then cover the prawns ball with another piece of banana leaves. After that,close the steamer and cook it for 15 minutes in a medium flame.

  

The hot, spicy  and crunchy Tea shop (thattukada) style Prawns ball / chemmeen undaputtu is ready to serve.

You can serve this with hot tea or coffee. You can make this prawns ball either a tea time snack or a dinner. Also you can serve this in a teatime  party. It is sure that this recipe gives same tastes like that of prawns balls in the tea shop ( thattukada).

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          Cuisine : Malabar( Kerala)

               

                Cook time : 20 min

               Prep time : 15 min

                   Servings : 6

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ENJOY......