Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, Chemmeen Achar - Kerala Style Prawns Pickle. one of my favorites food. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really deliciou

The Ingredients need to make Chemmeen Achar - Kerala Style Prawns Pickle:

1. Prepare 1 of - ( marinate and sun dry) Bowl
2. It’s 1/2 kg of Shrimp / Chemmeen - ( fresh or cooked)
3. Prepare 1 of chili powder tea Kashmiri red - spoon
4. You need pinch of Turmeric powder - a large
5. You need to taste of Salt
6. Prepare of Oil for frying
7. It’s 2 of - Bowl
8. You need 2 of chili powder tea Red - spoon ( use as per your heat level)
9. You need 1/4 of Turmeric tea powder - spoon
10. You need 2 of Vinegar - table spoon
11. It’s 1/4 of pepper tea Crushed - spoon ( optional)
12. You need 3 of - Bowl
13. It’s 1 of Mustard seeds tea - spoon
14. You need 1/2 1/4 of Fenugreek seeds tea tea - spoon or powder - spoon
15. It’s 8 cloves of Garlic sliced - - 10
16. It’s 2 of Ginger tea sliced - spoon
17. You need 1 or 2 of Green chili sliced -
18. You need 2 - 3 of Curry leaves - strings
19. Prepare pinch of kaayam Hing / - a large
20. Prepare 2 of Vinegar - table spoon ( optional)
21. You need 2 or 3 of Gingelly oil Nalenna / - table spoon
22. You need to taste of Salt

Step to make Chemmeen Achar - Kerala Style Prawns Pickle:

1. If using fresh shrimp, clean, devein it and wash it thoroughly. I used frozen cooked salad shrimp, so i just thawed it overnight in the fridge.
2. Marinate it with all other ingredients in Bowl 1, arrange it on a tray or cookie sheet and leave it open in the sun for a day or two. I keep it from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm for nearly 2 day Every evening take it inside,leave it on your counter top, covered or uncovered.
3. So if you dont wanna wait till then, marinate the shrimp, keep it for some time and the fry it. (See notes @ the end to see other options)
4. When your ready to make it, fry the shrimp in oil. You can either deep fry or shallow fry it.But i prefer deep frying for thi Drain on paper towel Set aside
5. Grind all the ingredients in Bowl 2 to a fine paste. Sprinkle a table spoon of water if necessary.
6. Heat some oil from the fried shrimp pan, or you can use nalenna / sesame oil for this step.
7. Add mustard seeds,when they splutter add fenugreek seed (if using fenugreek powder use at the end of cooking)
8. Slide in chopped ginger, garlic,green chiles and curry leaves and fry for 3-4 minutes on medium flame till the raw smell disappear Add the Bowl 2 - chili paste and mix well. Sprinkle 1/4 cup water and bring to boil…..
9. Stir in the fried Prawns and combine well, Saute for 3-4 minutes, till it is heated through (add fenugreek powder if you are using it now) Give a salt check. Switch off the flame. Let it cool.
10. When it is in room temperature add hing and 2 more table spoon of vinegar (optional) and mix well.
11. My mom leave it on the stove top for a day and then transfer it into glass jar
12. Pour 2 or 3 table spoons of Nalenna/ Gingelly oil over it and keep outside for a day or two and then keep refrigerated.

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